John Scoles wrote: > The way Ping works is different is depending on the version of DBD::Oracle > you are using. Which version of DBD::Oracle are you using?? > > cheers > John Scoles
The patch looked to be against the subversion trunk John. Martin > On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Thomas M. Payerle <paye...@umd.edu> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> My colleagues and I encountered a problem in some code which seems >> to be due to some impolite behavior on the part of the ping routine >> in DBD::Oracle. >> >> Basically, we had an eval block with a locally declared (my) CGI::Session >> object using Oracle DB for storing session info. When we raise an >> exception, >> the CGI::Session is destroyed, which somewhere results in DBD::Oracle ping >> being called. ping() does not localize $@ for its eval block, thereby >> clobbering the exception text in $...@. >> >> I believe adding a "local $@" in the ping routine resolves this issue >> without any ill effect on the routine, as shown in attached patch. >> Not really a bug, but I believe this is better behavior. >> >> Tom Payerle >> OIT-TSS-DCS paye...@umd.edu >> University of Maryland (301) 405-6135 >> College Park, MD 20742-4111 >> >> PS: I just wanted to offer my gratitude to the DBD::Oracle developers for >> their fine work on this module. > > -- > Catch Alex & Sheeri at ODTUG/Kaleidoscope - June 27 - July 1. > Hear Sheeri speak or email eve...@pythian.com to meet with Pythian. >
