Well, I'm still not sure what the cause was, but I figured out how to fix it -- upgrade to Perl 5.8.0. :-) I had been using Perl 5.6.1 and Class::DBI 0.92. Switching to Perl 5.8.0 made the problem go away. I don't know if I just had some weirdness in my configuration or if it was an odd conflict between 5.6.1 and 0.92. In any case, it works now and I'm tired of struggling with it.

Weird. And one of the biggest time-sucks I've ever had the misfortune to get pulled into. :-(

Thanks for verifying that I wasn't 100% nuts!

Wally Hartshorn

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In reply to Re: (jeffa) Re: Why Does My Class::DBI Program Break Under "use diagnostics" Pragma? by Wally Hartshorn
in thread Why Does My Class::DBI Program Break Under "use diagnostics" Pragma? by Wally Hartshorn

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