eval()

[toylet]

eval ( $dbh->do("DROP TABLE foo") );
print "dropped table foo\n" if $@;

The program execution stopped at eval(). ISn't it supposed to ignore errors?

 

[toylet]

eval ( $dbh->do("DROP TABLE foo") );
print "dropped table foo\n" if $@;

The program execution stopped at eval(). ISn't it supposed to ignore errors?

here are the errors:

DBD::mysqlPP::db do failed: Unknown table 'foo' at ./mysql.pl line 15.
DBD::mysqlPP::db do failed: Unknown table 'foo' at ./mysql.pl line 15.

 

[Brian McCauley]

eval ( $dbh->do("DROP TABLE foo") );
print "dropped table foo\n" if $@;

The program execution stopped at eval(). ISn't it supposed to ignore errors?

You want eval{} not eval(). They do quite different things. BTW: For
what you are doing you don't need to know what eval() does but if
you are curious RTFM.

BTW: It would be more conventional to print "dropped table foo" if the
operation had _not_ failed.

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. l___\\
# ll l\\
###LL LL\\

 

[toylet]

You want eval{} not eval(). They do quite different things. BTW: For

what you are doing you don't need to know what eval() does but if

Program execution now continued, but the error message still showed up.
COuld I suppress that as well?

DBD::mysqlPP::db do failed: Unknown table 'foo' at ./mysql.pl line 14.

 

[gnari]

Program execution now continued, but the error message still showed up.
COuld I suppress that as well?

DBD::mysqlPP::db do failed: Unknown table 'foo' at ./mysql.pl line 14.

DBI docs

gnari