Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 16:34:32 -0400
From: Zachary Beane <xach@xach.com>
To: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org
Subject: DBD::Pg or DBI breakage?
Message-ID: <20010523163432.I18366@xach.com>
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I've been having trouble getting the proper value of $handle->errstr
or $DBI::errstr. For some reason, it's always giving the scalar 7 back
rather than an informative error message. Here's an script and output:

--- foo.pl ---
#!/usr/bin/perl

use DBI;
my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:Pg:dbname=template1", "xach", undef);

my $sql = "bogus sql goes here";
my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql);
$sth->execute() or die $sth->errstr;

my ($result) = $sth->fetchrow_array();

$sth->finish;

print $result, "\n";
$dbh->disconnect();
--- end ---

When run, it prints out this:

   $ perl foo.pl 
   DBD::Pg::st execute failed:  at foo.pl line 8.
   7 at foo.pl line 8.
   Database handle destroyed without explicit disconnect.

Now, I'm not surprised at the "database handle destroyed..." part, but
I can't figure out why i'm getting "7 at foo.pl" and a blank message
in the execute failed string. Any ideas?

Zach
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xach@xach.com     Zachary Beane     http://www.xach.com/