Re: CGI:Application "error"

and one more thing ...

In my own error sub, if I print the variable that is passed to me ($@, according to the doc), I get

"Got error: JCS::Shop=HASH(0x6343538)"

where "JCS::Shop is the module where this error happens.

I have NO IDEA of what this is telling me! In the example in the doc, they get a nice clean error message, like "Illegal division by zero", etc.

Thanks again, Ray

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Re^2: CGI:Application "error" by kennethk (Abbot) on Nov 15, 2012 at 18:39 UTC
`JCS::Shop=HASH(0xDEADBEEF)` and the like happen when you stringify a hash reference blessed into the JCS::Shop package. In this case, you'll probably want to pass $@ to `Dumper` in Data::Dumper to see what's actually stored in the variable. See Basic debugging checklist. #11929 First ask yourself `How would I do this without a computer?' Then have the computer do it the same way.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: CGI:Application "error" by neptuneray (Sexton) on Nov 19, 2012 at 16:46 UTC
Thanks for the help. I am now reading a proper Perl error message. But that doesn't mean I'm out of the woods! Looks like I've got some tricky bug lurking somewhere in some module ... oh, well ... sometimes I regret having given up the slide trombone for a career in IT ...	[reply]