NAME

       DBM_Filter::encode - filter for DBM_Filter

SYNOPSIS

           use SDBM_File; # or DB_File, GDBM_File, NDBM_File, ODBM_File
           use DBM_Filter ;

           $db = tie %hash, ...
           $db->Filter_Push('encode' => 'iso-8859-16');

DESCRIPTION

       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:

       1.   The Encode module is not available.

       2.   The encoding requested is not supported by the Encode module.

SEE ALSO

       DBM_Filter, perldbmfilter, Encode

AUTHOR

       Paul Marquess pmqs@cpan.org