RE: New edition of the Cheetah?


Maybe you can time it to come out at the same time as Perl 6??> From: oakb@xxxxxxxx> To: jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: dbi-users@xxxxxxxx> Subject: RE: New edition of the Cheetah?> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:03:49 -0700> > Jeff,> > Thank you for your reply. I have taken the liberty of fleshing out> your code a little further:> > use DBI;> use DBI::Cheetah::Authors qw( write_book book_written get_paid );> use DBD::Impatience qw( hold_breath throw_temper_tantrum );> sub you_are_here {> return !( write_book && book_written && get_paid );> }> $seconds = 300;> $dbh = DBI->connect(> "DBI:Impatience:host=localhost;database=DBIdocumentation",> "dbiuser",> "short!temper20080131",> { PrintError => 0, RaiseError => 1 }> );> $cheetah = $dbh->prepare(q{> SELECT chapters> FROM book> WHERE author = ?> AND coauthor = ?> });> while ( &you_are_here() ) {> # <--- you are here> # <--- this interval is unknown no matter what the website> says> hold_breath( $seconds );> if ( ++$count >= 18_144 ) {> throw_temper_tantrum( "ROYAL SNIT FIT" );> $count = 0;> }> }> $cheetah->execute("Tim","Jeff");> > Actually, despite my allusions to throwing a fit, I am only very> mildly hopeful about getting the new book. Take your time, write it> right. One question: has the writing even begun yet? Why was the> book announced so early? One reason for my curiosity is the fact that> I've thought about trying to break into writing technical books, so> I'm always interested in what happens behind-the-scenes.> > Best regards,> > -Brian> > > > -----Original Message-----> > From: Jeff Zucker [mailto:jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 10:10> > To: Brian H. Oak> > Cc: dbi-users@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: New edition of the Cheetah?> > > > Hi Brian,> > > > Here's where we stand:> > > > $cheetah = $dbh->prepare(q{> > SELECT chapters> > FROM book> > WHERE author = ?> > AND coauthor = ?> > });> > ... # <--- you are here> > ... # <-- this interval is unknown no matter what the website> says> > ... #> > $cheetah->execute("Tim","Jeff");> > > > Sorry, even the January 2008 date is at least as exaggerated as the > > reports of Mark Twain's death. I know you'd like to fetch() > > the book, but sorry, the wait will be a bit longer..> > > > -- > > Jeff>
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