Okies. I have a dB app that pulls records from mysql.

Intent: if a kill signal (or other) comes along, i want the perl to update the "starttime" of the record back to NULL.

Problem: my current setting of the Signal Handler causes the immediate execution of the Signal Handler.

sub Function { 

sub UndoStartTime       {
    print "Explicative\n";
    my ( $dbh, $ToolTrackingID ) = @_;
    my $Statement =  "      UPDATE  JobQueue
                    SET     StartTime = NULL,
                PID = NULL
                    WHERE   ToolTrackingID = $ToolTrackingID;";
    my $sth = $$dbh->prepare ( $Statement );
    $sth->execute();
        };


local $SIG{TERM}        = \&UndoStartTime ($dbh, $ToolTrackingID); 

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# more code


} #end Function

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So when the main function begins to execute it, as soon as it gets to the "local $SIG{TERM} = " it automatically executes the UndoStartTime function (rather than waiting until it actual gets a Terminate signal). What am I doing wrong?

In reply to Signals and Functions w/ perameters by nekron99_

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