Hi,

To add my $0.02... if you're going the OO way, you can add a DESTROY {} routine which checks for open DB connections and properly closes them before going out of scope. This is especially useful when using commit/rollback (you should do a rollback in this case of course!). 

sub DESTROY {
  $self = shift;
  # assume database handle is stored in blessed object
  if ($self->{dbh})
    $self->{dbh}->rollback();
    $self->{dbh}->disconnect() || croak $self->{dbh}->errstr;
  }
}

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I like this "trick" very much, because it saves me if some unforeseen error occurs and of course it serves the virtue of laziness.

--
Cheers, Joe

In reply to Re: Re: Includes, strict and pointers. by joe++
in thread Includes, strict and pointers. by lagrenouille

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