NAME SPOPSx::Tool::HashField - A SPOPS extension for the storage of complex objects SYNOPSIS %conf = ( table_alias => { # ... yaml_fields => [ qw/ arguments locals results / ], # ... } ); DESCRIPTION This allows for the storage of Perl aggregate types in a database field. This uses YAML to perform the marshalling and unmarshalling. This is handy because you can use third-party tools to update the stored data with relative ease and the data is readable even in other languages that have a YAML model. The data structure can be arbritraily deep. INSTALLATION Just the typical install tricks will do: perl Build.PL ./Build ./Build test ./Build install or: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install Take your pick. SEE ALSO SPOPS, YAML AUTHOR Andrew Sterling Hanenkamp, COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Copyright 2005 Andrew Sterling Hanenkamp. All Rights Reserved. Contentment is distributed and licensed under the same terms as Perl itself.