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Re (tilly) 2: Tricks with DBI

by tilly (Archbishop)
on Mar 12, 2001 at 08:43 UTC ( [id://63742]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Tricks with DBI
in thread Tricks with DBI

This is documented in eval. Here is how it works:
eval {call_function_that_may_die()}; if ($@) { # This is your error case print "Caught a die saying '$@'\n"; }

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Re: Re (tilly) 2: Tricks with DBI
by htoug (Deacon) on Aug 15, 2001 at 12:44 UTC
    Instead of using die, you can unset $dbh->{RaiseError} locally and use the other C-like error check.

    Ths is usefull when you have a SQL-statement that can fail, but where you don't want to die because of the failure. (I have used it when dropping temporary tables, that perhaps aren't there and other suchlike tings).

    The code looks like this:

    my $dbh=DBI->connect(....{RaiseError=>1}) or die... my $sth=$dbh->prepare(...); { local $dbh->{RaiseError} = 0; $sth->execute; if ($sth->Errstr) { # handle the error } } # $dbh->{RaiseError} is back to normal here
    The neat thing about setting $dbh->{RaiseError} with local is that it is automagically set back to whatever it was when you leave the block, however that is done - even if it is by way of a die, that is caught in an eval somewhere else.

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