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

SEE ALSO
    Apache::Session::Serialize::Storable, Apache::Session::Sybase