Re: Error-handling Question
From: Michael A Chase (mchase_at_ix.netcom.com)
Date: 12/15/03
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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 14:21:44 -0800 (PST) To: paul.boutros@utoronto.ca, dbi-users@perl.org
On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 12:57:32 -0500 paul.boutros@utoronto.ca wrote:
> If I'm handling errors with eval {} if ($@) {} constructs, is there any
> hidden gotcha to grouping several statements in a single eval if I want
> any errors handled identically? For instance, can I wrap an execute
> and its fetches into one eval, as below, or is this something I should
> be wary of?
> if ($@) {
> $dbh->rollback();
> close(OUT);
> print "Error retrieving data\n";
> exit();
> }
It would be useful to know what went wrong. You should either include $@
in the print(), or capture $DBI::errstr before calling rollback() and
print that.
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