On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 13:43, Bryn Dyment wrote: > 1. If my preloaded (via startup.pl) "my.pm" module uses DBI, should I > explicitly "use DBI ()" in startup.pl as well?
Not necessary, but won't hurt anything. > 2. Related to that, is it then kosher for my (non-preloaded Mason) "my.html" > component to call a DBI method directly (e.g., "$dbH->disconnect")? Or... Loading the modules is not the same thing as creating a database connection. You need to choose a strategy for managing your connections. There are some common approaches for Mason which are probably in the Mason book. > 4. I read about "use DBI" vs. "use DBI ()". Does this hold true for my own > modules, too? It doesn't make any difference for modules that don't export anything by default (for example, DBI). - Perrin -- Reporting bugs: http://perl.apache.org/bugs/ Mail list info: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/modperl.html
