Please, next time use <code> tags to embed code in your posts, I had to reformat all the code to be able to read it.

I see that you use DBI inside the first sub, and this is unnecessary for you have already used it before.

I see also that you don't use strictures and this is bad.

use strict;
use warnings;

[download]

are your friends.

I don't know why the second call returns an error, as I said before best practice is to connect to db once at the beginning and disconnect at the end of the script. If you want to connect/disconnect in every sub, try adding strictures, add the global part of your code (the calls to the subs), execute it and see which error(s) results

After this, post again the "complete" code (the minimal code that can be executed giving the error) AND the resulting error (sorry, I can't test it because I don't have mysql installed on my machine)

Careful with that hash Eugene.

In reply to Re^3: DBI connect problems by psini
in thread DBI connect problems by Anonymous Monk

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.