Carefull with auto commit turned off that causes its own fun... 
our $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:Oracle:$dbsid", $dbuser, $dbpassw,{'AutoC
+ommit'=>0});

our ($dbh_start, $dbh_error); # Global flags mutate during use of the 
+module

sub start_trans() {
   my $proc = (caller(1))[3];
   my $error;
   
   warn "Starting $proc\n";
   if (not defined $dbh_start) {
      $dbh_start = $proc;
   }

}

sub end_trans() {
   my $proc = (caller(1))[3];

   warn "Exiting $proc\n";
   if ($dbh_start eq $proc) {
      if (not defined $dbh_error) {
         warn "Commited Transaction in $proc\n";
         $dbh->commit;
         $dbh_error = undef;
      } else {
         warn "Rolled back Transaction in $proc\n";
         warn "because $dbh_error\n";
         $dbh->rollback;
         $dbh_error = undef;
      }
      $dbh_start = undef;
   }

}

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Wrapper each atomic transaction in a sub procedure with :- 
start_trans();
#####
# SQL
#####
end_trans()

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In reply to Re: Re: Graceful handling of DBI connect errors' by UnderMine
in thread Graceful handling of DBI connect errors' by Anonymous Monk

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