Eric Frazier wrote: > I wanted the DBH to be global since just about every sub in Holds does a > query of some sort.
Three options: 1) Pass it to every sub 2) Make a utility sub that returns a dbh and call it from each sub. (Sounds like you already made one of these.) 3) Stuff it in $r->pnotes(), where it will get cleaned up after each request. > What is the problem with the my $holdcheck = new Holds() type of syntax? > I never read anything about that either way. It's been discussed quite a bit in various places. It is now documented in the perlobj man page: http://perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/pod/perlobj.html#Indirect-Object-Syntax - Perrin
