On Sep 29, 2005, at 1:23 PM, Keary Suska wrote:
> You should always finish() every "select" statement handle, or both
> DBI and
> libpq will leak:
>
> $sth->finish;
>
> after the closing bracket of the while() loop.
>
>
No, you don't need to call finish() if you fall off the end of a
while $sth->fetchrow() loop. DBI already knows you're done with it.
You only call finish if you break out of the loop. Ask Tim. He told
me personally :-)