2008/8/12 Amit Saxena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello all, > > Is there a way through which I can get following information while executing > a perl program :- > > - Details of every argument passed to the subroutine and the value (if > any) returned from the subroutine > - All the SQL statements printed (something like DBI_trace in perl) > - Last but not the least, variable value (if possible) affected at > various statements > > The reason why I need this is I need to inspect a very long perl program > which in turn uses few perl modules. If I will get some facility like what I > have asked in the email, I will just execute the program to get all the > information in a very big log file. Still inspecting the program execution > pattern like the order in which the subroutines are called, the arguments > passed and returned and the SQL statement executed will help me to locate > places where all I need to do the modification. > > The other alternative is to use debugger but that's highly interactive. > Though Perl DBI allows embedding Perl DBI trace statements at various places > in the program, it requires changes to the complete program which I don't > want to do.
Are you saying you do not want to use -d? Have you read this: http://perldoc.perl.org/perldebtut.html#Stepping-through-code Failing that I will have to pepper you program with print statements (and sleep's) and use DBI trace. Good luck, Dp. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
