> > I am undefing the statement handle and > > disconnecting the database handle. Does anyone > > have a clue what this might be? > > perldoc perldiag > [snip] > Attempt to free unreferenced scalar > (W internal) Perl went to decrement the > reference count of a scalar to see if it > would go to 0, and discovered that it had > already gone to 0 earlier, and should have > been freed, and in fact, probably was freed. > This could indicate that SvREFCNT_dec() was > called too many times, or that SvREFCNT_inc() > was called too few times, or that the SV was > mortalized when it shouldn't have been, or > that memory has been corrupted. > > > Are you doing "undef $scalar" in your code? If > so, don't. You should _never_ have to use undef > in this manner. Use my() to create a lexical > scope and let perl take care it.
Sounds like John has been doing his homework so you don't need to! :) A quick skim over the DBI documention suggests you only need to disconnect the database, not destroy the statement handle. I don't remember destroying mine in my own code. Is that the problem solved then? Jonathan Paton __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
