Nevermind. A semicolon at the end of the otherwise block did the trick. ;-)
Thanks all.
> Hi,
>
> Im unsure if this is 100% the correct list, but I am using Perl to form
> dynamic web pages (CGI afaik?) so I'll give it a shot.
>
> I have a script which implements a try-catch block. Before entering the
> try portion of this block, I am defining a variable and placing some
> content into it, which is a hash table.
>
> The problem seems to be that when I go to access this variable inside the
> try block, and subsequently any catch blocks, or the otherwise block, the
> variable seems to be empty.
>
> Here is a snip of the code I am using:
>
> my $session = new App($query, $thisModule);
>
> try {
> $session->{AccessControl}->checkAccess();
> &$method($session);
> } catch App::AccessControlException with {
> my $e = shift;
> print "Content-type: text/plain\n\n";
> print "An access control exception has occurred.\n\n";
> print Dumper($e);
> } otherwise {
> my $e = shift;
> print "Content-type: text/plain\n\n";
> print "An error has occurred.";
> print Dumper($e);
> }
>
> The first line creates a new instance of an object which contains some
> runtime variables and other content based on the request being performed.
>
> If I chuck the following line in immediately after the first line:
>
> warn(Dumper($session));
>
> I see the following in my webserver log file:
>
> $VAR1 = bless( {
> 'thisModule' => 'module',
> 'Request' => {
> 'params' => [
> 'b',
> 'c'
> ],
> 'what' => 'a'
> },
> 'cgiQuery' => bless( {
> '.parameters' => [],
> 'use_tempfile' => 1,
> '.charset' => 'ISO-8859-1',
> '.fieldnames' => {},
> 'escape' => 1
> }, 'CGI' )
> }, 'App' );
>
> This is fine, its what I want to see.
>
> But if I place this Dumper line inside the try block, I only see the
> following:
>
> $VAR1 = bless( {}, 'App' );
>
> So it appears that the variable has no content inside the try block.
>
> I dont see any complaints about the variable being undefined, so it
> obviously exists, just not its content.
>
> Can anyone think of a reason, or does anyone know the reason, why this
> would be occurring?
>
> Let me know if any further details are needed, or if you know of a better
> list to post this question.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
>
>
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