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Date:	Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:22:21 +0200
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Subject:	Re: perl script fails in 1.7
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2010/4/26 larry s:
> I have a perl script that ran fine until I upgraded to 1.7.=A0 It uses DB=
I to access a mysql database and I have boiled down the problem area to the=
 following:
> [top stuff omitted]
> my $server =3D 'remotesvr';
> my $database =3D 'tcdump';
> print "\nConnecting to mysql on $server ...\t";
> my $dbh =3D DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:tcdump:$server", 'auser', 'pw', {Rais=
eError =3D> 1 } )
> =A0=A0=A0 or die "Couldn't connect to database: $DBI::errstr\n";
> if ($dbh) { print "Connected to mysql database ($database) on $server \n"=
; }
>
> my $sth =3D $dbh->prepare("DESCRIBE aindex") ;
> $sth->execute() or die "STMT=3D execute err=3D " . $dbh->errstr;
>
> while (my @rowx =3D $sth->fetchrow_array() ) {
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 foreach my $jkl (@rowx) {
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 if (defined($jkl)) {
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 pri=
nt "$jkl \t";
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 }
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 }
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 print "\n";
> }
>
>
> When run, the fetchrow in the while causes:
> DBD::mysql::st fetchrow_array failed: fetch() without execute() at ./test=
z.pl line 31.
> Uncaught exception from user code:
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 DBD::mysql::st fetchrow_array failed: fetch() witho=
ut execute() at ./testz.pl line 31.
> =A0at ./testz.pl line 31
>
> It still runs fine when run from Linux machines with perl 5.8.8, so I'm w=
ondering if it can be fixed for 5.10 or if there is a way to go back to 5.8=
 on Cygwin 1.7.5.

That looks like a case where you just have to recompile DBD::mysql.
(binary incompat)
$ cpan
> force install DBD::mysql
--=20
Reini Urban
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