[ic] Database Handle and Global Subs

[Mark Johnson]

Assuming you wish to run against the same database defined for "some"
interchange table, say 'dbi_table':

my $dbh = Vend::Data::database_exists_ref('dbi_table');
$dbh = $dbh->ref();
$dbh = $dbh->[$Vend::Table::DBI::DBI];

This will give you the database handle for the DBI database that
contains the table 'dbi_table'. Note that the actual table you query can
be any table in the database and not just 'dbi_table', be it an
IC-recognized table or not.

Sheamus Nulty wrote:
> 
> I trying to run a database query in a global tag but am running into a
> problem with getting access to the database.
> I'm using the following code
> 
> sub test{
> 
> use DBI;
> 
> my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:$dbname", $dbuser, $dbpasswd);
> .....
> 
> }
> 
> and I get an error saying
> 
> Can't locate object method "connect" via package "DBI" at (eval 91) line 14.
> 
> Can anybody shed some light on why this won't work.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Sheamus
> 
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Mark Johnson
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