NAME

       Apache::Session::Serialize::Sybase - Use Storable to zip up persistent data and
       unpack/pack to put into Sybase-compatible image field

SYNOPSIS

        use Apache::Session::Serialize::Sybase;

        $zipped = Apache::Session::Serialize::Sybase::serialize($ref);
        $ref = Apache::Session::Serialize::Sybase::unserialize($zipped);

DESCRIPTION

       This module fulfills the serialization interface of Apache::Session by taking the data
       from Apache::Session::Serialize::Storable and modifying it to work with Sybase IMAGE
       fields. Note that you do not need to quote these values before inserting into the
       database, and that if you are using DBI::Sybase, you cannot use the data in a placeholder.
       If you use Apache::Session::Sybase as your session class, this will all get taken care of.

AUTHOR

       Apache::Session::Serialize::Storable was written by Jeffrey William Baker
       <jwbaker@acm.org>; the Sybase-specific data manipulation was written by Mark Landry
       <mdlandry@lincoln.midcoast.com> for use in an earlier version of
       Apache::Session::DBI::Sybase and placed here by Chris Winters <chris@cwinters.com>.

SEE ALSO

       Apache::Session::Serialize::Storable, Apache::Session::Sybase