Hello Perl Monks:
I would like to trap the oracle database error. I also want my program to proceed further even when there is a problem while inserting records into the database.

The code below always satisfies the "if" condtion. It does not get into to "else" condtion when there are any errors while inserting the records. Am i missing something. Or else please let me know the better code
sample code: 
 $sth = $dbh->prepare($sqla);
 eval { local $SIG{'__DIE__'}; $answer = $sth->execute(); };

 if ($@)
 {
     $mailbody .= "Cannot insert into $database \n";
 }
 else
 {
    $sth->finish() if defined $sth;
 }

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In reply to trapping database errors by venki

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