Re^2: how to deal with error message

[AltBlue]

Update: Or, instead of having the die command in your subroutine (which may be troublesome if you plan to call the subroutine more than once) you can use or sendmail() and die; rather than just sendmail();

DBI->connect(...) or sendmail() and die; would mean to die whenever the connection is successful ;-)

I guess you meant DBI->connect(...) or do { sendmail(); die; };. :)

[Lawliet]

Oh, would it? Thanks for correction; that is what I meant.

[Bloodnok]

...or why not,

sendmail(), die unless DBI->connect(...)