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 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.
