Re: Can't call method X without a package or object reference

[Graham Barr]

On Nov 11, 2003, at 11:13, Chris Masters wrote:
I'm getting this problem intermittenly i.e. it works
for the first few runs, then it fails.
Getting this error:

Can't call method "entry" (or count etc) without a
package or object reference at ... (the first entry
call in the if test)
Odd.

eval
{
         $mesg = $ldap->search (
               base => "ou=my,dc=domain,dc=com",
               filter => "(mail=$recipient)",
               attrs  => ['l']
               ) || undef $mesg;
You should not need that || undef $mesg

         if(defined($mesg) && $mesg->entry(0))
$mesg will always be defined. You need to look at $mesg->code to 
determine if there was a problem.

But $mesg should always be an object reference, so calling ->entry 
should not fail.

I would suggest you add some more checking code to try to determine 
what $mesg holds when it does not hold an object reference.

Graham.

         {
               $My_Location = $mesg->entry(0)->get_value('l');
         }
         else
         {
               $Unknown = 1;
         }
};
if($@)
{
         print "LDAP Error: [EMAIL PROTECTED]";
}
Why is this happening intermittently?

What am I doing wrong?

Is this a problem with the module itself?

My program is running as a daemon, and I need to
restart to get it to work.
TIA, rotis23

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