You need to consider how you want your code to flow on a failed connect. Right now, all you connect statements are of the form connect or die, so naturally when a connect fails, your die handler gets called and your script dies. So, rather than calling die, you should use some other form of flow control. If you want exit your current subroutine, perhaps connect or return undef; would suit your needs. If you are in a loop and wish to advance to the next cycle, connect or next; might do what you want (see continue or Foreach Loops for implementation details). Once you've decided how you'd like your script to behave following a failed connect, I'd be happy to help you figure out implementation.

Update: Disregard, as the heart of your issue is addressed by almut below.

In reply to Re: How do I keep script live and not abort on fail to connect by kennethk
in thread How do I keep script live and not abort on fail to connect by kdmurphy001

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