perlkid
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Jun 25, 2000, 10:41 AM
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Re: Deleting entries in multi flat-file DBs
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Try this,
Open the data file(s) and store them into arrays. After reading all of the data bases close all the opened files. Then use a foreach condition on the arrays and use the next; function to get rid of the line you don't want.
That was a confusing description but it's only meant to describe the following code.
open(file1, "</path/file.db")
@all=<file1>;
close(file1)
Repeat this for as many data files you need to remove the line from.
open(file2, "</path/file2.db")
@all2=<file2>;
close(file2)
I'll stop at two but if you have more then continue.
Now you need to remove the lines with the information inputed into a form.
open the same data base that the information stored in @all came from.
open(Write, ">/path/file.db");
foreach $line (@all)
{
@fields=split(/\|/, $line); # I suppose your using a pipe to separate your fields
if ($field[0] eq "$form{'address'}") # $field[0] is the field that contains the data you are looking to get rid of.
{
next;
}
# print the filtered data back to the file it came from in the same order
print Write "$field[0]|$field[1]|so on and so on";
}
close(Write);
also do this for the second array, @all2.
That's it.
Do you get it?
Ok, Hope that helped? 
perlkid
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