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module doesn't see functions in required file

swechsler
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Aug 31, 2011, 9:55 AM

Post #1 of 7 (1319 views)

module doesn't see functions in required file	Can't Post

When I call a function (in this case, dump_change_network_settings() ) in a package, it doesn't see the functions within a file that's been REQUIREd.

The module starts like this:

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package DBA::ChangeNetworkSettings; 
 
use strict; 
use DBA::Stack; 
use Data::Dumper; 
require Exporter; 
require "/dba/shared/bin/dba_subs.pl"; 
 
our @ISA = qw(Exporter); 
our @EXPORT = qw(dump_change_network_settings); 
[..] 
sub dump_change_network_settings($$) { 
# Change network timeout settings before/after dump 
# option: 0 - reset, 1 - set 
    my ($mysql, $option) = @_; 
    my $dbh = $mysql->connect(); 
    dba_debug(1, "In dump_change_network_settings()");

The dba_debug function is defined within dba_subs.pl:

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sub dba_debug { 
    my ($debug_level, $string) = @_; 
    return unless my $debug = $ENV{DEBUG}; 
    if ($debug >= $debug_level) { 
        print STDERR "$string\n"; 
    } 
}

dump_change_network_settings() is called by the main script. When I run it, I get the following error:

Undefined subroutine &DBA::ChangeNetworkSettings::dba_debug called at /dba/mysql/shared/lib/DBA/DBA/ChangeNetworkSettings.pm line 28.

Interestingly, dba_subs is REQUIREd by another module here (written by someone else) and it works fine. I've compared that module with mine and can't see what's being done differently.

Help!

Thanks!

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wickedxter
User

Aug 31, 2011, 10:01 AM

Post #2 of 7 (1316 views)

Re: [swechsler] module doesn't see functions in required file [In reply to]	Can't Post

it b/c the module isnt being found at compile time... look in to the base module lib this should work..

swechsler
Novice

Aug 31, 2011, 10:06 AM

Post #3 of 7 (1315 views)

Re: [wickedxter] module doesn't see functions in required file [In reply to]	Can't Post

I'm not following. The error occurs at runtime, not compile time.

wickedxter
User

Aug 31, 2011, 5:49 PM

Post #4 of 7 (1309 views)

Re: [swechsler] module doesn't see functions in required file [In reply to]	Can't Post

when i had to require anouther perl file i also have to direct perl to look in the directory useing the " lib " module thats bundle with perl or you can use a begin statement and push the directory to the @INC array which holds all the directories perl will look for modules.

http://perldoc.perl.org/lib.html

the lib module does the work for you

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use strict; 
use lib('/dir/to/file'); 
require "perlfile.pl"; 
 
my $result = sub_from_perlfile($blah,$moo);

swechsler
Novice

Aug 31, 2011, 7:13 PM

Post #5 of 7 (1299 views)

Re: [wickedxter] module doesn't see functions in required file [In reply to]	Can't Post

I understand what you're saying, but:

a) I specify the absolute path in the require statement, and
b) If that were the case, then I'd get the complaint at compile time, and the script clearly is running when i get this error.

wickedxter
User

Aug 31, 2011, 7:25 PM

Post #6 of 7 (1296 views)

Re: [swechsler] module doesn't see functions in required file [In reply to]	Can't Post

Ok then to acces the sub from that script
dba_subs::dba_debug()

FishMonger
Veteran / Moderator

Aug 31, 2011, 8:51 PM

Post #7 of 7 (1287 views)

Re: [swechsler] module doesn't see functions in required file [In reply to]	Can't Post

Using the lib pragma as wickedxter suggested is the proper way to include the directory where the required script is located.

A require statement occurs at runtime as opposed to the use statement which occurs at compile time.

Using prototypes is in 99% of the cases the wrong choice and even without seeing the rest of your code I can say with 100% assurance that it's the wrong choice in this case.

Your dba_subs.pl script should be converted to a true module and loaded via a use statement instead of a require statement.

Since a google search on DBA::Stack doesn't find anything useful, I'll assume that it's a custom module.

Based on the above, this is how I'd write your posted code.

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package DBA::ChangeNetworkSettings; 
 
use strict; 
use warnings; 
use lib "/dba/shared/bin/"; 
use DBA::Stack; 
use DBA::Subs qw(:all);  # this would replace your dba_subs.pl script 
use Exporter; 
use Data::Dumper; 
 
our @ISA       = qw(Exporter); 
our @EXPORT_OK = qw(dump_change_network_settings); 
 
sub dump_change_network_settings { 
    # Change network timeout settings before/after dump 
    # option: 0 - reset, 1 - set 
    my ($mysql, $option) = @_; 
    my $dbh = $mysql->connect(); 
    dba_debug(1, "In dump_change_network_settings()"); 
    ... 
    ... 
}

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