hi every1,
i don't know why this code doesn't produce any error. this is the first time i'm using a mysql db on a shared computer. basically this code does not give me a error...i don't know how else to debug this.

the below code only prints "hey". It stops after that?? I can't get it to print a error and it doesn't print "hi".

Even if i SWITCH "or print" with "or die", it seems to die but w/out no error. whats wrong with this? i also installed the latest version of DBI for ActiveState too. 


  sub dbi_test {
use DBI;

print "hey";

my $dbh_r = DBI->connect('DBI:mysql:mydb_name:host=pctwo') or print "C
+ouldn't connect to database: " . DBI->errstr;
print "hi";
}

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Any ideas on what I can do to see what the problem is here?

thanks!

In reply to How come no DBI error?? by tanger

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