From: "Ranga Nathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 16:01:26 -0800
I have a module that does some database (mySQL) i/o.
I am wondering what is the best way to make sure that DISCONNECT occurs
after all the processing. Do I have to provide a destructor that does it?
What gets called when the module clean up occurs? I tried END {...} but it
does not seem to kick in. I get this warning on my web page:
If it is an OO module, then DESTROY is where the cleanup belongs.
An example from a module I have lying about:
sub DESTROY {
my($self) = shift;
delete $self->{Templates};
$self->{DBI}->disconnect if ref($self->{DBI});
delete $self->{DBI};
}
If you are maintaining a DBI connection pool, or if all objects share
a DBI connection, or if you aren't using objects, then you'll need
something else. Probably involving END.
--kag
