Re: .csv file in to hash of hashes for a Berkley DB (for a hash newbie)

[space_monk]

I was going to comment on the reason for your problem but I've been beaten to it. However I will make one comment that I make for most questions involving CSV files:

Do not parse CSV files yourself! Use existing libraries such as Text::CSV, Text::CSV_XS, Tie::CSV_File,Tie::Handle::CSV, anything except do it yourself methods.They will automatically handle quoted fields and other CSV gotchas without you noticing most of the time. Reading CSV files line by line and using split is a poor way of doing things, only to be used in the most basic of circumstances. If someone has done all the difficult stuff for you, take advantage of their hard work.

[Doozer]

Thanks for all the quick responses. I have had a look at DBM::Deep and it looks like it might be what I need. I will also get some practice in with Text::CSV etc. Funny how commenting out the line which ties the hash to a DB file makes the script work (with a couple of minor tweaks). Its easy to overlook simple checks when you have been working on the same problem all day :p

[Happy-the-monk]

I don't think I am adding the new details for each box to the hash correctly.

Apart from the valuable remarks of my Brothers who came to answer this before,
your code to add the details is working well.

So keep your efforts on fixing the data serializing aproach and when that's done, have a look at the CSV parsers.

Cheers, Sören