I'm trying to use sub import in a script so in all my modules I can do:

use Module qw/$foo $bar/;

....but it doesn't seem to be working right and I keep getting errors saying that $foo and $bar need an explicit package name. In sub import I create all the objects and don't get errors about that so that seems to be ok, it's just that I don't seem to be able to use the objects in other modules.


Also what is the difference between using that method and @EXPORT_OK?

Thanks.

Hmm, I've now set it up a little differently and am using:

LoadMe::init(); to create the objects and it seems to work well apart from one module that still keeps dying with "$foo and $bar require explicit package names" even though I have:

use Module qw/$foo $bar/; at the top.

Once I add:

use vars qw/$foo $bar/;

...it works but $foo and $bar are undefined :(

Scrap all that, I just can't get this to work and don't know whether I should start with a different approach...if it helps here is the code:


Now putting use LoadMe qw/$TPL $CFG/; in another module gives:

Global symbol "$CFG" requires explicit package name at e:/apache/cgi-bin/wt/Lib/SQL.pm line 20.
Global symbol "$CFG" requires explicit package name at e:/apache/cgi-bin/wt/Lib/SQL.pm line 20.
Global symbol "$CFG" requires explicit package name at e:/apache/cgi-bin/wt/Lib/SQL.pm line 20.
Global symbol "$CFG" requires explicit package name at e:/apache/cgi-bin/wt/Lib/SQL.pm line 21.
Global symbol "$CFG" requires explicit package name at e:/apache/cgi-bin/wt/Lib/SQL.pm line 22.
Global symbol "$TPL" requires explicit package name at e:/apache/cgi-bin/wt/Lib/SQL.pm line 22.
Global symbol "$TPL" requires explicit package name at e:/apache/cgi-bin/wt/Lib/SQL.pm line 43.
Global symbol "$TPL" requires explicit package name at e:/apache/cgi-bin/wt/Lib/SQL.pm line 46.

I've added use vars to the SQL module and the errors went but the vars are still undefined and I get:

Can't connect(DBI::: ), no database driver specified and DBI_DSN env var not set at e:/apache/cgi-bin/wt/Lib/SQL.pm line 23

Ugh, why does it work in my main script but not in the modules? ie...in order to even try to connect to the database I use if ($IN->param('foo')) { ...and that works fine, I don't even have use vars in the main script.

Ok I got desperate and decided to look at how Links SQL does it and so I'm trying this now:


Now, in the main script, wt.cgi this works great and I can use $CFG $DB etc....but it won't work in my modules.

Putting this:

use LoadMe qw/$CFG/;

print $CFG->{USER};

...in the main script works....putting the same in a module says "explicit package bla bla"

Any ideas please :(

Hi,

Try this:

1. In your main module:

use strict;
use Exporter;
use vars qw/@EXPORT_OK @ISA $IN $DB $CFG .../;
@EXPORT_OK = qw/$IN $DB $CFG .../;
@ISA = qw/Exporter/;

2. In your main script use:

use MainModule qw/$IN $DB $CFG/;

or whatever globals you need:

use MainModule qw/$IN $CFG/;

to only get two. You can put the same thing in your other libraries.

Cheers,

Alex
--
Gossamer Threads Inc.

OOoo thanks!!!!!

I had already tried that but I forgot to create the objects in sub import, I surrounded the code with:

sub import {

}


...and it seems to work!

You've come to my rescue again-thanks!

Ewwww I spoke too soon :(

http://213.106.6.135/cgi-bin/wt/wt.cgi

Hi,

No, you don't want to use sub import. Exporter handles it for you. Try it just like the above.

Cheers,

Alex
--
Gossamer Threads Inc.

I tried that too.

Here's what I have:

Hmm it is actually dying before it even create the objects in LoadMe.pm ....

Global symbol "$TPL" requires explicit package name at e:/apache/cgi-bin/wt/Lib/SQL.pm line 176.
Compilation failed in require at e:/apache/cgi-bin/wt/Lib/LoadMe.pm line 10.

Line 10 is...

use SQL;

....which is needed to create the object further down.

The problem was staring me in the face the whole time.

Of course I can't use $IN $CFG $TPL etc in the modules "use"d in LoadMe.pm as when they are loaded in LoadMe.pm (so the objects can be created) then $IN $CFG etc won't exist yet and thats why I get the error ugh.

So basically I can only use:

use LoadMe qw/$VARS/;

...in my cgi scripts and modules other than those used to create objects in LoadMe.pm

DUHHH