DBM_Filter::encode − filter for DBM_Filter
    use SDBM_File; # or DB_File, or GDBM_File, or NDBM_File, or ODBM_File
    use DBM_Filter ;
    $db = tie %hash, ...
    $db−>Filter_Push('encode' => 'iso−8859−16');
This DBM filter allows you to choose the character encoding will be store in the DBM file. The usage is
    $db−>Filter_Push('encode' => ENCODING);
where " ENCODING " must be a valid encoding name that the Encode module recognises.
A fatal error will be thrown if:
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 1.  | 
 The Encode module is not available.  | ||
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 2.  | 
 The encoding requested is not supported by the Encode module.  | 
DBM_Filter, perldbmfilter, Encode
Paul Marquess pmqs@cpan.org