I have been trying to pass db handle to a subroutine, but
bombs out every time.  I searched through Programming the
DBI looking for any example of a connection wrapped inside a 
subroutine, but haven't found one.

I'd like to do something like:

sub db_connection {

  my ( $self ) = @_;

  # Insert some code to pull out db specifics like user and
  # password from $self.

  my $dbh = DBI->connect( " yada yada " ), { PrintError => 0},
    or die "cannot open db connection:  $DBI::errstr\n";

  # should I add the connection to $self?

  # this looks incorrect;  maybe return instance after
  # adding it to $self?

  return $dbh;

} # sub db_connection

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This way I will be able to call a connection and leave it open
for both an insert and a query.

Also, is maintaining the connection while performing multiple
operations optimal?

Thanks,

moo

 
 


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