Re: Re: (jeffa) Re: Script does not die when DB connection fails

$dbh->errstr is a function call. You can't put it in a quoted string.

Update: arturo asks me to point out that you can interpolate function calls in quoted strings by doing something nasty and kludgy like:

"@{ [ $dbh->errstr ] }" --
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Re: Re: Re: (jeffa) Re: Script does not die when DB connection fails by chaskins (Sexton) on May 25, 2001 at 18:52 UTC
How do I get a meaningful error message returned from this function ? By the way thanks for all the help so far.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Re: (jeffa) Re: Script does not die when DB connection fails by davorg (Chancellor) on May 25, 2001 at 18:57 UTC
`$dbh-prepare("select foo from bar") \|\| die $dbh->errstr;` [download] -- <http://www.dave.org.uk> "Perl makes the fun jobs fun and the boring jobs bearable" - me	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Re: (jeffa) Re: Script does not die when DB connection fails by chaskins (Sexton) on May 25, 2001 at 19:03 UTC
Thanks for that. All is working now.	[reply]