[ic] perl db question, problems when modifying admin

[interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com (Mike Heins)]

Quoting Doug Alcorn (lathi@seapine.com):
> 
> Mike Heins <mheins@redhat.com> writes:
> 
> > Again, the DBI object should be OK in later versions of IC. In 4.6.x
> > you will run into problems.
> 
> Your example is well received.  I will probably convert over to using
> it.  However, the previous error message I posted in this thread about
> fetchrow_hashref() is from IC 4.8.3 installed from the debian/woody
> package.

I wasn't aware of this. Apparently, that particular DBI driver does
a "require" for a module after the object is created. If that is the
case, there is no way for it ever to work with Safe.

Using "require" to check for method existence is a piss-poor way to
write software, IMHO. All it takes is someone dropping a new file in
your library path and you have a security hole. But some do it.

I have not seen this with MySQL, but then again I rarely/never use
DBI directly within Safe.

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