Re: Operations on statement handles when database handle is disconnected

On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 02:36:51PM -0000, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
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> > Is this a defect in DBI or in DBD::Informix (and NullP)?  
> > Or is it WAD - Working As Designed?
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> Not sure when this was added, but on DBD::Pg, an error is 
> given, due to this bit of code in dbdimp.c:
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> if (NULL == imp_dbh->conn)
>   croak("execute on disconnected handle");
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> Which seems like the Right Thing To Do, but I don't know 
> how standard that is.

Drivers shouldn't croak() if it can be avoided. The right thing to do is
call set_err_sv() or set_err_char() then return &PL_sv_undef (or whatever's
appropriate for an error).

Tim.