yeah. not sure what you mean by "old" way thought? use lib is safer and is the preferred method most of the time because you don't want your script to die mid-way during run time. you want to catch the error as soon as possible before your script even start.
by the way, when i reply, how come i don't see my replied message showed up in the mailing list? i am new to this mailing list :-) david On Mon, 2002-08-19 at 14:38, Wiggins d'Anconia wrote: > aka, use lib is like placing the push in a BEGIN block....which I think > was the "old" way of doing things... > > > > David Zhuo wrote: > > push @INC, 'the/path/you/want' > > > > is different than: > > > > use lib 'the/path/you/want' > > > > from a user's perspective, they are the same but they are not under the > > hood. what happen is that that push statement is a run time statement. > > the use lib statement is a compile time statement. don't confuse the 2. > > to avoid run-time error, use lib is best. otherwise, the push statement > > can be used. > > > > david > > > > On Mon, 2002-08-19 at 12:18, Connie Chan wrote: > > > >>or can try > >> > >>push @INC, 'the/path/you/want'; > >> > >>Rgds, > >>Connie > >> > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "root" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 2:19 AM > >>Subject: Re: Can't locate loadable object DBD::mysql in @INC > >> > >> > >> > >>>to force @INC to look at the directory of your DBI library, use: > >>> > >>>use lib "your DBI directory" > >>> > >>>along the top of your script > >>> > >>>david > >>> > >>> > >>>-- > >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
