I got this code from Paul, the author of Perl and MySQL for the web...

I did scan the DBI module documentation, and do see the finish calls are different than what I do...

However, I am not reading from the database while it is connected, I store the data in a hashref: 
$sth = $dbh->prepare(qq{select * from `table`});
$sth->execute();
my $_somevar = $sth->fetchrow_hashref();
$sth->finish();

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or: 
$sth = $dbh->prepare(qq{select * from `table`});
$sth->execute();
while(my $_somevar = $sth->fetchrow_hashref()) {
my $_someid = $_somvar->{primarykeyfield};
$sth2 = $dbh->prepare(qq{select * from `table1` where `primarykeyfield
+` = ?});
$sth2->execute($_someid);
$_thisvar = $sth2->fetchrow_hashref();
$sth2->finish();
# now I have data from table in $_somvar
# and data from table1 in $_thisvar
}
$sth->finish();

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So, I call finish on them after I'm done reading from there, but not before. That way I don't leave any connections open, is that not correct?

Thanks,
Rich

In reply to Re^2: DBI disconnect database errors by Anonymous Monk
in thread DBI disconnect database errors by Anonymous Monk

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