Re: DBI 1.34 error?

[Jonathan Leffler]

Tim Bunce wrote:
On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 04:25:13PM -0500, Bob X wrote:
I have this script:
[...]
It simply gives me a list of DBD drivers installed. Ran fine until I upgrade
to 1.34 at which point I get the following error now:
install_driver(Proxy) failed: Global symbol "$this" requires explicit
package name at C:/Perl/site/lib/DBD/Proxy.pm line 272.
BEGIN not safe after errors--compilation aborted at
C:/Perl/site/lib/DBD/Proxy.pm line 414.
Compilation failed in require at (eval 3) line 3.
Nothing ground breaking...just thought you should know.


Thanks. I believe the appended patch fixes it.

Tim.

*** lib/DBD/Proxy.pm    2003/02/28 17:50:06     11.12
--- lib/DBD/Proxy.pm    2003/03/03 22:37:14
***************
*** 269,275 ****
      # to let people trade safety for speed if they need to.
      undef $dbh->{'proxy_dbh'};    # Bug in Perl 5.004; would prefer delete
      undef $dbh->{'proxy_client'};
!     $this->SUPER::STORE('Active' => 0);
      1;
  }
 
--- 269,275 ----
      # to let people trade safety for speed if they need to.
      undef $dbh->{'proxy_dbh'};    # Bug in Perl 5.004; would prefer delete
      undef $dbh->{'proxy_client'};
!     $dbh->SUPER::STORE('Active' => 0);
      1;
  }


Silly question time, Tim; does the fact that we don't support Perl 
5.004 allow you to change line 270 now?

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