I found this thread in the archives and was wondering if it was ever
resolved:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg17293.html
I am experiencing the same thing, (I am just using a home grown tool
to execute arbitrary SQL from Vim and output to a new window).
I've tried setting RaiseError to 0 before the $sth->{NUM_OF_FIELDS}, and
putting the $sth->{NUM_OF_FIELDS} in an eval, and both, but it dies no
matter
what I've tried with:
Describe failed during DBI::st=HASH(0x1999248)->FETCH(NUM_OF_FIELDS) at
...
Jeff Urlwin said awhile ago:
> b) DBD::ODBC should probably handle prepare()/execute() on DDL
> statements better -- but I suspect it's the ODBC layer
> giving the trouble here as do() doesn't call the same
> sequence as preare()/execute()/NUM_OF_FIEDS.
> I guess that most drivers return 0 for the NUM_OF_FIELDS in this
case???
Actually the two other databases I've tried return '0E0'.
TIA,
Douglas Wilson
