NAME

WAIT::Database - Module fo maintaining WAIT databases

SYNOPSIS

require WAIT::Database;

DESCRIPTION

The modules handles creating, opening, and deleting of databases and tables.

$db = create WAIT::Database name => name directory => dir;

name name

mandatory

directory directory

Directory which should contain the database (defaults to the current directory).

uniqueatt true

If given, the database will require unique attributes over all tables.

The function will return undef and set $@ on failure.

$db = open WAIT::Database name => name directory => dir;

Open an existing database foo in directory bar.

$db->dispose;

Dispose a database. Remove all associated files. This may fail if the database or one of its tables is still open. Failure will be indicated by a false return value.

$db->close;

Close a database saving all meta data after closing all associated tables.

$db->create_table name => tname ... ;

Create a new table with name tname. All paraeters are passed to WAIT::Table::new together with a filename to use. The function returns a table handle (WAIT::Table::Handle).

<$db->table name =>> tname;

Open a new table with name tname. The function returns a table handle (WAIT::Table::Handle).

$db->drop name => tname;

Drop the table named tname. The table should be closed before calling drop.

AUTHOR

Ulrich Pfeifer <pfeifer@ls6.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>