1 package C4::Database; #assumes C4/Database
3 #requires DBI.pm to be installed
6 # Copyright 2000-2002 Katipo Communications
8 # This file is part of Koha.
10 # Koha is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
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26 use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT);
32 &C4Connect &requireDBI
38 my ($database,$hostname,$user,$pass,%configfile);
39 open (KC, "/etc/koha.conf");
43 if (/(.*)\s*=\s*(.*)/) {
46 # Clean up white space at beginning and end
51 $configfile{$variable}=$value;
54 $database=$configfile{'database'};
55 $hostname=$configfile{'hostname'};
56 $user=$configfile{'user'};
57 $pass=$configfile{'pass'};
59 my $dbh=DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:$database:$hostname",$user,$pass);
65 &requireDBI($dbh, $functionnname);
67 Verifies that C<$dbh> is a valid DBI::db database handle (presumably
68 to the Koha database). If it isn't, the function dies.
70 C<$functionname> is the name of the calling function, which will be
71 used in error messages.
76 # Helper subroutine to make sure database handle was passed properly
80 $subrname, # name of calling subroutine
81 # FIXME - Ought to get this with 'caller',
82 # instead of requiring developers to always
83 # get it right. Plus, it'd give the line
87 unless ( ref($dbh) =~ /DBI::db/ ) {
88 print "<pre>\nERROR: Subroutine $subrname called without proper DBI handle.\n" .
89 "Please contact system administrator.\n</pre>\n";
90 die "ERROR: Subroutine $subrname called without proper DBI handle.\n";