DBM_Filter::encode (3)

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NAME

DBM_Filter::encode - filter for DBM_Filter

SYNOPSIS

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

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

DESCRIPTION

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

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

where ``

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