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Re: Maintaining uniqueness across millions of itemsby simon.proctor (Vicar) |
| on Aug 13, 2004 at 12:26 UTC ( [id://382630]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
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As an alternative to the suggestions above, you could also consider using a DBM file solution. Specifically the Berkeley DB from SleepyCat. It operates in the key/value system you already use and scales well.
There is a CPAN module here so YMMV (look at the tests).
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