On Sun, Mar 28, 2004 at 01:56:05PM -0800, Dean Arnold wrote: > Have the DBI->err(), DBI->errstr(), DBI->state() been > deprecated ? I see the err() and errstr() are still > in the DBI.pm code, but no trace of state() (as far > back as 1.38) > > FYI: I'm trying to check state info on a connection > failure, so I don't have a "handle" to call state() on. > > Or is the preferred solution to read the $DBI::state > variable directly ?
Yes. DBI->err() and DBI->errstr() were never in the spec and they'll be removed in DBI v2. Tim.
