From: Anders Borch <spam@...>
Date: 2003-06-09T03:56:46+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] sql-serialize 0.0.3

Brian Candler wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 05:15:00PM +0900, Anders Borch wrote:
> 
>>>>  rescue DBI::DatabaseError => dbe
>>>>    dbi.do("ROLLBACK")
>>>>    throw dbe
>>>>  end
>>>
>>>
>>>Are you sure that's right??? I think you want to do a rollback for *all*
>>>exceptions. That's one reason why the 'transaction do ... end' model might
>>>be better.
>>
>>uhm... what are you thinking about specifically?
> 
> 
> Absolutely any exception. NameError or ValueError for programming errors you
> hadn't thought about. System errors if the database suddenly becomes
> unreachable or you run out of RAM - anything. If you don't rollback changes
> in those circumstances, then the half-transaction which you have already
> written may get written later along with a subsequent transaction.
> 
> B.
> 

if a nameerror, typeerror or the like happens then hopefully my program 
will instantly crash and the user will scream at me until I fix it. I'm 
trying to catch as few exceptions as possible so I may see where they 
occur the hard way... it may just be me, but I find it easier to debug 
my code if it fails the instant an exception occurs.

A.


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