DBM_Filter::encode

Section: Perl Programmers Reference Guide (3pm)
Updated: 2007-12-18
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NAME

DBM_Filter::encode - filter for DBM_Filter  

SYNOPSIS

    use SDBM_File; # or DB_File, or GDBM_File, or NDBM_File, or ODBM_File
    use DBM_Filter ;

    $db = tie %hash, ...
    $db->Filter_Push('encode' => 'iso-8859-16');
 

DESCRIPTION

This DBM filter allows you to choose the character encoding will be store in the DBM file. The usage is 

    $db->Filter_Push('encode' => ENCODING);

where ``ENCODING'' must be a valid encoding name that the Encode module recognises.

A fatal error will be thrown if:

1.
The Encode module is not available.
2.
The encoding requested is not supported by the Encode module.
 

SEE ALSO

DBM_Filter, perldbmfilter, Encode  

AUTHOR

Paul Marquess pmqs@cpan.org