DBM_Filter::encode

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DBM_Filter::encode
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



perl v5.8.8			  2001-09-21		DBM_Filter::encode(3)