Problem with perl DBI => postgress after upgrade

[Ric Moore]

On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 13:03 -0800, Mark wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Aart Koelewijn <aart at mtack.xs4all.nl> wrote:
> > On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:48:14 +0000, Aart Koelewijn wrote:
> >
> >> I run a home-written perl program to fill a postgres database with
> >> measurements. In this program I have the line:
> >>
> >> $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:Pg:dbname=$dbname;host=$host","","");
> >>
> >> This always worked fine. Since I upgraded my box from Ubuntu 10.04 to
> >> 10.10 this afternoon, when I try to run the program I get:
> >>
> >> DBI connect('dbname=bluetooth;host=mtack3','',...) failed: fe_sendauth:
> >> no password supplied at bin/bttracking.pl line 62 Can't call method
> >> "prepare" on an undefined value at bin/bttracking.pl line 63.
> >
> > As often, after posting the problem I find a solution in minutes. After
> > changing `my $host="mtack"' in the perl program to `my $host="localhost"'
> > all is fine.
> >
> One of the nice things about email is that, after one has constructed
> a painstaking message describing a problem one needs solved, one can
> then wait to send it until after checking that minor little detail
> that one has not considered until right before striking the left mouse
> button.
> 
> That said, I can't count the number of times I've done exactly the
> same thing.  At least you went the extra kilometer to post your
> solution - thanks.
> 
> See?  We're not all perfect....
> 
> (Basil, Ric, chime in any time here....  :-)
I've done as the OP stated many times. Now, I usually hold the email
back until I read up some more. Ric


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