on Thu, 16 May 2002 18:03:12 GMT, Rory Oconnor wrote: > > Regarding perl DBI - I know it's proper to use $sth->finish and > $dbh->disconnect and I am doing that at the end of my script... > > however, i am also doing alot of error checking at the beginning of the > script (to make sure data has been entered, and formatted properly). If > there's an error I would usually just send back an error message and > exit the script to prevent it from having to run through the rest of it > needlessly. do I need to explicitly disconnect before exiting in those > instances or it it OK to just exit?
You can always put the following in your script: END { $dbh->disconnect() if $dbh; } which will be executed even if your program 'die's. -- felix -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]