[WindyCity-pm] || return a value?

[Richard Reina]

I am trying to write a statement like:

#!/usr/bin/perl5 -w 

sub display {

my $dbh = DBI->connect(blah, blah, ...) || return 2; # return 2 means no connection possible


snip...

} # end of sub display
1;

However, the value that is returned ( even if the connection fails ) is the one at the end of the sub.

Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong?