Greetings, I have run into a strange situation. With this code,

#!/usr/bin/perl

use warnings;
use strict;

use DBI;

system( "true" );
print "\$?: $?\n";

my $dbh = DBI->connect ("dbi:Oracle:", 'username', 'password', {AutoCo
+mmit => 0 }) or
die "Unable to connect to the database:  $DBI::errstr";

system( "true" );
print "\$?: $?\n";

exit 0;
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I get

$?: 0
$?: -1
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I read in perlvar about $? and SIGCHLD but do not really understand it. Am not having this problem on my test box.

My perl version in production is 5.8.0. DBI is 1.50. DBD:Oracle is 1.16.

My perl in test where i am not having the problem is also 5.8.0. DBI is 1.50. DBD::Oracle is 1.17.

Any help getting me to understand and work around this is appreciated.

Thanks PerlMonks

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