NAME File::SimpleQuery - Query flat-files, simply! VERSION Version 0.01 SYNOPSIS Have you ever wanted to make queries against a flat-file, similar to a database, but did not want to setup all the necessary database machinery? Enter File::SimpleQuery, which is intended to allow you to make simple sql-like queries against a file you specify. Intended to make querying simple files easier. The file in question is expected to have the first row be a header row, which is how it knows whichs fields to select from. use File::SimpleQuery; my $delimiter = ','; my $filename = 'test_file'; my $q = File::SimpleQuery->new($filename, $delimiter); my @results = $q->select( [ qw/ field1 fieldn / ], sub { my $fields = shift; return 1 if $fields->{field1} eq 'foo' }, ); FUNCTIONS new The constructor. You must specify the filename and the delimiter between rows select ( \@field_names_to_select, \&where_sub, \@group_by_fields ) Returns a list of hash-refs that match the lines in the file where the where_sub evaluates to true, groupped by the group_by_fields AUTHOR Ben Prew, "" BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-file-simplequery at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at . I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes. SUPPORT You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc File::SimpleQuery You can also look for information at: * AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation * CPAN Ratings * RT: CPAN's request tracker * Search CPAN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS COPYRIGHT & LICENSE Copyright 2006 Ben Prew, all rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.