FW: Db ping function

Ok, Perl experts....any thoughts/comments/suggestions on this one? Any way to disable this?

Mark J. Bobak
Oracle DBA
ProQuest Company
Ann Arbor, MI

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From: Philip Douglass [mailto:philip.douglass_at_il.proquest.com]=20 Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 12:23 PM To: Bobak, Mark
Subject: Db ping function

FYI: select SYSDATE from DUAL /* ping */ is the method by which the DBD::Oracle perl module checks to make sure it has a connection to the database. It's not in our code -- it's in the perl DBI/DBD code! There has
to be some way to disable it, because I'm pretty sure it's not necessary.

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Philip Douglass
Database Administrator
ProQuest Information and Learning
(561) 994-0079 x7223
www.proquestk12.com

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