Connecting to a server that's not running

[johto]

Hi,

Given this simple script:

# !/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use DBI;
use DBD::Pg;
use DBIx::Connector;

my $dbconn = DBIx::Connector->new("dbi:Pg:", '', '', {PrintError => 0});
my $dbh = $dbconn->dbh;

Executing that script when the database isn't running gives an extremely unhelpful error:

% perl notnice.pl
Can't call method "STORE" on an undefined value at /Library/Perl/5.12/DBIx/Connector.pm line 37.

I think it would be enough to return undef from _connect if you get undef back from DBI->connect, but you be the judge.

[theory]

Please give that a try and let me know how it works. If it's more like what you expect, then great. But I also suggest that you set RaiseError => 1.

[johto]

Works perfectly, thank you!

[theory]

Great, thanks!