That snippet doesn't do anything if the use() fails. And, what if it is NT but Win32::ODBC isn't installed? What if it is a Win32 system with DBI installed? How about: 

eval { require DBI };
if ($@) {
   warn "DBI not here.. will keep checking...";
}
eval { require Win32::ODBC };
if ($@) {
    warn "Oh oh";
}
... etc...

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or (ok, this is far fetched):

my %subs = ('DBI' => \&use_dbi,
            'Win32::ODBC' => \&use_odbc,
            'Win32::OLE' => \&use_ole
            );
my @mods = ('DBI', 'Win32::ODBC', 'Win32::OLE');
for (@mods) {
    eval { require $_ };
    if ($@) {
       warn "No $_ here";
    }else{
       $subs{$_}->();
       last;
    }
}

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Cheers,
KM

In reply to RE: RE: Re: help with a Perl term by KM
in thread help with a Perl term by zdog

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