Re: Problem with PERL and DBD::Informix strict refs

On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 09:22:26PM -0700, Jonathan Leffler wrote: > > Tim - I'm guessing that the mapping from old to new connect syntax is > bypassed by the use of $drh->connect() in place of DBI->connect. Yes. All sorts of things are bypassed, take a look at the code for DBI->connect and you'll see what I mean. I would *strongly* discourage connecting that way for general applications. I'll add a note about that to the docs. > Is that something that DBI can handle, or is it just an inevitable > consequence of the old method of loading and connecting? There has never been any need to use $drh->connect(). DBI->connect "is the way". Tim.