Hello, The DBI documentation says
"As a convenience, if the $data_source parameter is undefined or empty, the DBI will substitute the value of the environment variable DBI_DSN. If just the driver_name part is empty (i.e., the $data_source prefix is "dbi::"), the environment variable DBI_DRIVER is used. If neither variable is set, then connect dies." Why does connect() have to die even if RaiseEror = 0? Wouldn't it be better to have $DBI::errstr = 'Can't connect to data source , no database driver specified and DBI_DSN env var not set'? Sorry if this has been discussed previously, I could not find any mention of that isssue in the archives. Philip Stoev
