>>>>> "Douglas" == Douglas McNaught <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Douglas> my $dbh; Douglas> eval { $dbh = connect(...) }; Since eval returns its value (or undef if $@ has the error), you can shorten this to: my $dbh = eval { DBI->connect(...) }; and now either look at $@ (if you want to distinguish exception vs normal) or just defined $dbh (if you want to know if you have a useful handle or not). -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings