Re: $dbh->{CachedKids}

On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 07:03:10PM -0700, David E. Wheeler wrote:
> On May 2, 2008, at 15:24, Tim Bunce wrote:
>
>> You've not given me much to go on, but I'd guess it's related to the
>> timing of when perl invokes the DESTROY method (which has changed
>> between perl versions). In which case it may be mostly beyond the
>> control of the DBI.
>>
>> A small self-contained example that behaves differently between
>> different DBI/Perl versions will buy you more of my time :)
>
> Sorry Tim, I was hoping that that would be enough to shake some neurons 
> loose for an easy answer. Here is my original query about this issue:
>
>   http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/perl-DBI-Dev/1359462
>
> And here is your relevant reply:
>
>   http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/perl-DBI-dev/1449508
>
> Only now I'm seeing that test fail on 5.6.2. Is it possible that 5.6.2 
> destroys the handle by the type the do() is called?

Seems likely.

> I don't see your comment in 07kids.t anymore.

Got removed in May 2004
http://svn.perl.org/viewvc/modules/dbi/trunk/t/07kids.t?r1=333&r2=335

If you really need to capture the complete state at the time the error
*is recorded* rather than the time its *checked for and thrown* then
you could use HandleSetErr instead of HandleError:

http://search.cpan.org/~timb/DBI-1.604/DBI.pm#HandleSetErr_(code_ref,_inherited)

Tim.