Maybe you can time it to come out at the same time as Perl 6??> From: [EMAIL
PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: dbi-users@perl.org> Subject: RE: New
edition of the Cheetah?> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:03:49 -0700> > Jeff,> >
Thank you for your reply. I have taken the liberty of fleshing out> your code a
little further:> > use DBI;> use DBI::Cheetah::Authors qw( write_book
book_written get_paid );> use DBD::Impatience qw( hold_breath
throw_temper_tantrum );> sub you_are_here {> return !( write_book &&
book_written && get_paid );> }> $seconds = 300;> $dbh = DBI->connect(>
"DBI:Impatience:host=localhost;database=DBIdocumentation",> "dbiuser",>
"short!temper20080131",> { PrintError => 0, RaiseError => 1 }> );> $cheetah =
$dbh->prepare(q{> SELECT chapters> FROM book> WHERE author = ?> AND coauthor =
?> });> while ( &you_are_here() ) {> # <--- you are here> # <--- this interval
is unknown no matter what the website> says> hold_breath( $seconds );> if (
++$count >= 18_144 ) {> throw_temper_tantrum( "ROYAL SNIT FIT" );> $count = 0;>
}> }> $cheetah->execute("Tim","Jeff");> > Actually, despite my allusions to
throwing a fit, I am only very> mildly hopeful about getting the new book. Take
your time, write it> right. One question: has the writing even begun yet? Why
was the> book announced so early? One reason for my curiosity is the fact that>
I've thought about trying to break into writing technical books, so> I'm always
interested in what happens behind-the-scenes.> > Best regards,> > -Brian> > > >
-----Original Message-----> > From: Jeff Zucker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 10:10> > To: Brian H. Oak> > Cc:
dbi-users@perl.org> > Subject: Re: New edition of the Cheetah?> > > > Hi
Brian,> > > > Here's where we stand:> > > > $cheetah = $dbh->prepare(q{> >
SELECT chapters> > FROM book> > WHERE author = ?> > AND coauthor = ?> > });> >
... # <--- you are here> > ... # <-- this interval is unknown no matter what
the website> says> > ... #> > $cheetah->execute("Tim","Jeff");> > > > Sorry,
even the January 2008 date is at least as exaggerated as the > > reports of
Mark Twain's death. I know you'd like to fetch() > > the book, but sorry, the
wait will be a bit longer.> > > > -- > > Jeff>
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