SPUG: perl's sticky lvalue bug

[Sean Ruddy]

Found this on another list:
http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/183/1998/2/0/1015933/
              FROM: Tim Bunce
              DATE: 02/27/1998 04:04:59
              SUBJECT: RE:  unwarrented bind errors ?

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               > From: Phil R Lawrence < prl2 at Lehigh.EDU >
               >
               > AIX, DBD::Oracle, DBI 0.90
               >
               > First error:
               > -> execute for DBD::Oracle::st
(DBI::st=HASH(0x20201810)~0x20201798
               > `ERIUHRE8O7` `AND coll = AS`)
               > Uncaught exception from user code:
               >         Can`t bind non-scalar value (currently) at
./cobolrepl.pl line 150,
               >
               > Code is not trying to bind a non-scalar!

              Sort of. It`s probably perl`s "sticky lvalue" bug getting in the
way.
              (Worked-around in the next DBD::Oracle release.)

               > try saying   $sth1->execute(scalar $letr, scalar $coll_sql)
or do the same
               > thing on another line and it *still* gives same error.

              Try saying     $sth1->execute("$letr", "$coll_sql");

              Tim.


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Doug Beaver wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 01:20:44AM -0700, Mathew Mills wrote:
>
> > I recently came across a nasty little problem.  I found a web page
> > that helped me solve the problem, explaining the cause was the "sticky
> > lvalue" bug in perl.  Does anyone know what bug/behavior this might
> > refer to?  There were no details given...
>
> Can you give a short code example that illustrates the problem?
>
> Doug
>
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