NOTEDB::dbm(3pm)

💖 NOTEDB::dbm 💖

okay bestie, welcome to NOTEDB::dbm — the module lib that lets you access a notedb from perl 💅

it's tucked away in section 3 of the manual (that's the "User Contributed Perl Documentation" corner of the library, iykyk) 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

NOTEDB::dbm — module lib for accessing a notedb from perl 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

no cap, here's the whole vibe in one code block, bestie — literally everything you'd do with this thing:

        # include the module
        use NOTEDB;

        # create a new NOTEDB object (the last 4 params are db table/field names)
        $db = new NOTEDB("mysql","note","/home/user/.notedb/");

        # get a single note
        ($note, $date) = $db->get_single(1);

        # search for a certain note
        %matching_notes = $db->get_search("somewhat");
        # format of returned hash:
        #$matching_notes{$numberofnote}->{'note' => 'something', 'date' => '23.12.2000 10:33:02'}

        # get all existing notes
        %all_notes = $db->get_all();
        # format of returns hash like the one from get_search above

        # get the next noteid available
        $next_num = $db->get_nextnum();

        # recount all noteids starting by 1 (useful after deleting one!)
        $db->set_recountnums();

        # modify a certain note
        $db->set_edit(1, "any text", "23.12.2000 10:33:02");

        # create a new note
        $db->set_new(5, "any new text", "23.12.2000 10:33:02");

        # delete a certain note
        $db->set_del(5);

like?? so much going on and it all just works. main character energy fr fr ⭐

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🫶 DESCRIPTION 🫶

so here's the tea ☕ — you can use this module for accessing a note database. this is the dbm module, bestie, the one and only 💖

it uses the DB_FILE module to store it's data, and it uses DBM files for tis purpose 🧚 (yes, that's how it's written, we don't edit the ancestors' typos, we honor them 👑)

right now, lowkey, NOTEDB is only used by note itself. but bestie, feel free to use it within your own project! 🔥 maybe someone wants to implement a web interface to note... and maybe that someone is you? 👀💅 highkey iconic behavior.

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🌈 USAGE 🌈

please see the section SYNOPSIS above — it says it all. literally. it does. go look. 🎀

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Thomas Linden <tom@daemon.de>. 💜

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okay so that's the whole page fr fr. no cap, every flag-free method, every code line, every hash format — all here. slay 💅

signing off with the official receipts: this page shipped as perl v5.40.1, dated 2026-08-10, and it's the NOTEDB::dbm(3pm) page from User Contributed Perl Documentation. periodt. 🎀✨💖