<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>Hi all.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I'm new to this list, so if my question is misdirected, or inappropriate, please let me know.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>The question concerns databases/hashes. I would like to have a rather large hash file. Say 10,000 keys, each with a data field containing roughly 50,000 integers. For whatever reason, the dbm implementation on Mac OSX does not seem to like things of this size. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Several strange things happen. First, file size seem to increase exponentially, as I increase the data field size. Additionally, in certain situations, I am returned a rather strange error concerning an uninitialized variable, which has in fact been initialized.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>In great confusion, I'm just curious as to whether there is a work around for dealing with such large amounts of data, or somewhere with good documentation on using hashes.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Thanks.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Daniel C. Jupiter, Ph.D.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Postdoctoral Research Associate</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Department of Systems Biology and Translational Medicine</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">College of Medicine</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Texas A&M University Health Science Center</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">702 SW H.K. Dodgen Loop</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Temple, TX 76504</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">979.997.2106 | Fax 254.742.7145</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">djupitern@tamu.edu | <A href="http://www.tamhsc.edu">www.tamhsc.edu</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN><SPAN><IMG src="cid:5F1E4DFC-5DBA-4E38-B5BF-66FF8BFF87D1@local"></SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>