Hi Gerald my last try... i'm not very lucky in helping in this list...
> This is the actual code except for the "xxxx": > > [...] > my $sth = $dbh->prepare( $sql ) or die $dbh->errstr if $dbh->err; Maybe this expression is the reason (combination of 'or' and 'if'). Example code: === my $no_error=0; # the wanted case :-) my $a="i_am_defined" or die "i died!" if $no_error; print defined $a ? "defined" : "not defined"; === # this prints: not defined === I think the expression my $a="i_am_defined" or die "i died!" is only evaluated if $dbh->err is false. I think you could just write: my $sth = $dbh->prepare( $sql ) or die $dbh->errstr; (omitting "if $dbh->err") >[...] greetings joe -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
