In your original post, you say that the code within the modules is the exact same except for the mysql authentication. That sets off red alerts all around within my head. What happens if you need to change the code for one or more of the subroutines within these modules? You'll have to go tyhrough every single one, making the changes. My question to you is why you are using a separate module if all that differs is usernames/passwords? Use only one module. When you load it, either pass the username and password pair to the module to make the connection, or make the module retrieve this information itself, based on a parameter passed to it. Please please please don't copy the same module to a separate file just to change two variables. Find a way to pass the authentication information to the module. This will narrow everything down to one module, which will make readability, coding-friendly, and maintainable/manageable code. Besides, I bet that doing so will eliminate or narrow down the problem with the double-declared subroutine.

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In reply to Re^3: Error in Syntax... by Coruscate
in thread Error in Syntax... by powerhouse

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