Re: Minor issue with ping

The way Ping works is different is depending on the version of DBD::Oracle
you are using.  Which version of DBD::Oracle are you using??

cheers
John Scoles

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Thomas M. Payerle <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> My colleagues and I encountered a problem in some code which seems
> to be due to some impolite behavior on the part of the ping routine
> in DBD::Oracle.
>
> Basically, we had an eval block with a locally declared (my) CGI::Session
> object using Oracle DB for storing session info.  When we raise an
> exception,
> the CGI::Session is destroyed, which somewhere results in DBD::Oracle ping
> being called.  ping() does not localize $@ for its eval block, thereby
> clobbering the exception text in $@.
>
> I believe adding a "local $@" in the ping routine resolves this issue
> without any ill effect on the routine, as shown in attached patch.
> Not really a bug, but I believe this is better behavior.
>
> Tom Payerle
> OIT-TSS-DCS                             [email protected]
> University of Maryland                  (301) 405-6135
> College Park, MD 20742-4111
>
> PS: I just wanted to offer my gratitude to the DBD::Oracle developers for
> their fine work on this module.

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