SQL/Perl/ODBC/Weirdness

  • I have a Perl script that needs to insert rows in several tables by executing SPs.  The reads work fine.  The writes do not.  These are my symptoms:

    If I take the 'exec' statement that the perl script generates and run it from Query Analyzer or osql, it works.  The records get inserted, and the cursor has what the script would be looking for (chiefly the ID for the new row in one of the modified tables).

    If I let the perlscript run, mostly correct data comes back, but not the ID I'm looking for.

    The exec statement is passing one parameter, a string of 1000 characters or less.  Does anybody have an idea of what the root of this problem could be?  I am using ActivePerl 5.6.1 build 638, with Dave Roth's ODBC package (version 0.032).  The problem is tied to use of transactions and SPs in some way: a previous version of the script (same Perl, same ODBC) that issued SQL directly worked fine.

  • Are you getting any error messages?

    From the last bit, I get theimpression that you've just updated the script to use SPs instead of statemnets?

  • No. The script generates its own saying it didn't get the userid, but that's it.

    New, amplifying data: if I step through the script in the debugger, it succeeds. I suspect a timing issue, which I think will be resolved by re-writing this section in C#, although I would rather not have to learn C# right now.

  • just a thought, but have you tried to check what data is actually being returned? Like a NULL, or something else that the script doesn't like?

  • It fetches and there's nothing in the row.

  • Can you post the snippet of code that's not working as it should (sanitized, of course, to protect your organization and your databases)? That would help a lot in trying to determine why it's not working.

    K. Brian Kelley
    @kbriankelley

  • but running it through query analyser returns a value?

  • Sure. Here goes:

    THe perl:

    my $sql = "EXEC dbo.addApplication "; # Don't take the space out. It matters.

    foreach $key (sort keys %$ref ) {

    # print "$key\t'$$ref{$key}'\n";

    if ($key =~ /^(CON|GOV|USR|REG)/) {

    unless ($key =~ /(COMM_EXCHANGE|(VOICE|FAX)_NUMBER|ACCESS)/) {

    # print "$key=>$$ref{$key}\n";

    $sql .= "'$$ref{$key}', ";

    }

    }

    }

    $sql .= "'$stoffe', '$majcoms', '$AccessLevelID'";

    $sql =~ s/'NULL'/NULL/g;

    $db->Run($sql);

    my @ErrorList;

    $db->Error( \@ErrorList );

    foreach my $ErrorMessage ( @ErrorList ) {

    print "SQLState: $ErrorMessage->{SQLState}\n";

    print "ErrorNum: $ErrorMessage->{Number}\n";

    print "Text: $ErrorMessage->{Text}\n\n";

    }

    $db->FetchRow() or warn "didn't get \$UserID";

    ($UserID, $ContactID, $GovtID, $ContractorID) = ($db->Data(UserID), $db->Data(ContactID), $db->Data(GovtID), $db->Data(ContractorID));

    The stored procedures:

    ALTER PROC dbo.addApplication

    --Boy, d(o|id) we have a lot of parameters @bucket nvarchar(1000)

    @CON_ADDRESS nvarchar(255),

    @CON_CITY nvarchar(50),

    @CON_COUNTRY nvarchar(50),

    @CON_EMAIL nvarchar(50),

    @CON_EXPIRE_DATE nvarchar(20),

    @CON_FAX_DSN_EXCHANGE nvarchar(20),

    @CON_FAX_PREFIX nvarchar(20),

    @CON_FIRST_NAME nvarchar(50),

    @CON_LAST_NAME nvarchar(50),

    @CON_MAJCOM nvarchar(80),

    @CON_MIDDLE_INITIAL nvarchar(50),

    @CON_NUMBER nvarchar(80),

    @CON_ORG nvarchar(80),

    @CON_PREFIX nvarchar(20),

    @CON_STATE nvarchar(20),

    @CON_SUFFIX nvarchar(20),

    @CON_VOICE_DSN_EXCHANGE nvarchar(20),

    @CON_VOICE_EXTENSION nvarchar(4),

    @CON_VOICE_PREFIX nvarchar(20),

    @CON_ZIP nvarchar(20),

    @GOV_ADDRESS nvarchar(255),

    @GOV_CITY nvarchar(50),

    @GOV_COUNTRY nvarchar(50),

    @GOV_EMAIL nvarchar(50),

    @GOV_FAX_DSN_EXCHANGE nvarchar(20),

    @GOV_FAX_PREFIX nvarchar(20),

    @GOV_FIRST_NAME nvarchar(50),

    @GOV_LAST_NAME nvarchar(50),

    @GOV_MAJCOM nvarchar(80),

    @GOV_MIDDLE_INITIAL nvarchar(50),

    @GOV_ORG nvarchar(80),

    @GOV_PREFIX nvarchar(20),

    @GOV_STATE nvarchar(20),

    @GOV_SUFFIX nvarchar(20),

    @GOV_VOICE_DSN_EXCHANGE nvarchar(20),

    @GOV_VOICE_EXTENSION nvarchar(4),

    @GOV_VOICE_PREFIX nvarchar(20),

    @GOV_ZIP nvarchar(20),

    @REGISTRATION_DATE nvarchar(50),

    @USR_ADDRESS nvarchar(255),

    @USR_AIRCRAFT nvarchar(50),

    @USR_CITY nvarchar(50),

    @USR_COUNTRY nvarchar(50),

    @USR_EMAIL nvarchar(50),

    @USR_FAX_DSN_EXCHANGE nvarchar(20),

    @USR_FAX_PREFIX nvarchar(20),

    @USR_FIRST_NAME nvarchar(50),

    @USR_LAST_NAME nvarchar(50),

    @USR_MAJCOM nvarchar(80),

    @USR_MIDDLE_INITIAL nvarchar(50),

    @USR_NUMBER nvarchar(9),

    @USR_ORG nvarchar(80),

    @USR_PREFIX nvarchar(20),

    @USR_STATE nvarchar(20),

    @USR_SUFFIX nvarchar(20),

    @USR_VOICE_EXTENSION nvarchar(4),

    @USR_VOICE_DSN_EXCHANGE nvarchar(20),

    @USR_VOICE_PREFIX nvarchar(20),

    @USR_ZIP nvarchar(20),

    @product INT,

    @MAJCOM INT,

    @ACCESS INT

    AS

    --and a lot of variables as well

    declare @error INT

    declare @uContactID INT

    declare @gContactID INT

    declare @cContactID INT

    declare @u_PREFIX nvarchar(20)

    declare @u_FIRST_NAME nvarchar(50)

    declare @u_MIDDLE_INITIAL nvarchar(50)

    declare @u_NUMBER nvarchar(9)

    declare @u_LAST_NAME nvarchar(50)

    declare @u_SUFFIX nvarchar(20)

    declare @u_ORG nvarchar(80)

    declare @u_MAJCOM nvarchar(80)

    declare @u_VOICE_PREFIX nvarchar(30)

    declare @u_VOICE_EXTENSION nvarchar(4)

    declare @u_VOICE_DSN_EXCHANGE nvarchar(20)

    declare @u_FAX_PREFIX nvarchar(30)

    declare @u_FAX_DSN_EXCHANGE nvarchar(20)

    declare @u_ADDRESS nvarchar(255)

    declare @u_CITY nvarchar(50)

    declare @u_STATE nvarchar(20)

    declare @u_ZIP nvarchar(20)

    declare @u_COUNTRY nvarchar(50)

    declare @u_EMAIL nvarchar(80)

    declare @g_PREFIX nvarchar(20)

    declare @g_FIRST_NAME nvarchar(50)

    declare @g_MIDDLE_INITIAL nvarchar(50)

    declare @g_LAST_NAME nvarchar(50)

    declare @g_SUFFIX nvarchar(20)

    declare @g_ORG nvarchar(80)

    declare @g_MAJCOM nvarchar(80)

    declare @g_VOICE_PREFIX nvarchar(30)

    declare @g_VOICE_EXTENSION nvarchar(4)

    declare @g_VOICE_DSN_EXCHANGE nvarchar(20)

    declare @g_FAX_PREFIX nvarchar(30)

    declare @g_FAX_DSN_EXCHANGE nvarchar(20)

    declare @g_ADDRESS nvarchar(255)

    declare @g_CITY nvarchar(50)

    declare @g_STATE nvarchar(20)

    declare @g_ZIP nvarchar(20)

    declare @g_COUNTRY nvarchar(50)

    declare @g_EMAIL nvarchar(80)

    declare @c_PREFIX nvarchar(20)

    declare @c_FIRST_NAME nvarchar(50)

    declare @c_MIDDLE_INITIAL nvarchar(50)

    declare @c_NUMBER nvarchar(80)

    declare @c_EXPIRE_DATE nvarchar(20)

    declare @c_LAST_NAME nvarchar(50)

    declare @c_SUFFIX nvarchar(20)

    declare @c_ORG nvarchar(80)

    declare @c_MAJCOM nvarchar(80)

    declare @c_VOICE_PREFIX nvarchar(30)

    declare @c_VOICE_EXTENSION nvarchar(4)

    declare @c_VOICE_DSN_EXCHANGE nvarchar(20)

    declare @c_FAX_PREFIX nvarchar(30)

    declare @c_FAX_DSN_EXCHANGE nvarchar(20)

    declare @c_ADDRESS nvarchar(255)

    declare @c_CITY nvarchar(50)

    declare @c_STATE nvarchar(20)

    declare @c_ZIP nvarchar(20)

    declare @c_COUNTRY nvarchar(50)

    declare @c_EMAIL nvarchar(80)

    declare @User_Name nvarchar(25)

    declare @Application_date nvarchar(50)

    declare @u_AIRCRAFT nvarchar(50)

    declare @user-id INT

    declare @Products INT

    declare @Majcoms INT

    declare @AccessLevel INT

    --beats me why I can't use the parameters directly, but it seems to be how it works

    set @u_PREFIX = @USR_PREFIX

    set @u_FIRST_NAME = @USR_FIRST_NAME

    set @u_MIDDLE_INITIAL = @USR_MIDDLE_INITIAL

    set @u_NUMBER = @USR_NUMBER

    set @u_LAST_NAME = @USR_LAST_NAME

    set @u_SUFFIX = @USR_SUFFIX

    set @u_ORG = @USR_ORG

    set @u_MAJCOM = @USR_MAJCOM

    set @u_VOICE_PREFIX = @USR_VOICE_PREFIX

    set @u_VOICE_EXTENSION = @USR_VOICE_EXTENSION

    set @u_VOICE_DSN_EXCHANGE = @USR_VOICE_DSN_EXCHANGE

    set @u_FAX_PREFIX = @USR_FAX_PREFIX

    set @u_FAX_DSN_EXCHANGE = @USR_FAX_DSN_EXCHANGE

    set @u_ADDRESS = @USR_ADDRESS

    set @u_CITY = @USR_CITY

    set @u_STATE = @USR_STATE

    set @u_ZIP = @USR_ZIP

    set @u_COUNTRY = @USR_COUNTRY

    set @u_EMAIL = @USR_EMAIL

    set @g_PREFIX = @GOV_PREFIX

    set @g_FIRST_NAME = @GOV_FIRST_NAME

    set @g_MIDDLE_INITIAL = @GOV_MIDDLE_INITIAL

    set @g_LAST_NAME = @GOV_LAST_NAME

    set @g_SUFFIX = @GOV_SUFFIX

    set @g_ORG = @GOV_ORG

    set @g_MAJCOM = @GOV_MAJCOM

    set @g_VOICE_PREFIX = @GOV_VOICE_PREFIX

    set @g_VOICE_EXTENSION = @GOV_VOICE_EXTENSION

    set @g_VOICE_DSN_EXCHANGE = @GOV_VOICE_DSN_EXCHANGE

    set @g_FAX_PREFIX = @GOV_FAX_PREFIX

    set @g_FAX_DSN_EXCHANGE = @GOV_FAX_DSN_EXCHANGE

    set @g_ADDRESS = @GOV_ADDRESS

    set @g_CITY = @GOV_CITY

    set @g_STATE = @GOV_STATE

    set @g_ZIP = @GOV_ZIP

    set @g_COUNTRY = @GOV_COUNTRY

    set @g_EMAIL = @GOV_EMAIL

    set @c_PREFIX = @CON_PREFIX

    set @c_FIRST_NAME = @CON_FIRST_NAME

    set @c_MIDDLE_INITIAL = @CON_MIDDLE_INITIAL

    set @c_NUMBER = @CON_NUMBER

    set @c_EXPIRE_DATE = @CON_EXPIRE_DATE

    set @c_LAST_NAME = @CON_LAST_NAME

    set @c_SUFFIX = @CON_SUFFIX

    set @c_ORG = @CON_ORG

    set @c_MAJCOM = @CON_MAJCOM

    set @c_VOICE_PREFIX = @CON_VOICE_PREFIX

    set @c_VOICE_EXTENSION = @CON_VOICE_EXTENSION

    set @c_VOICE_DSN_EXCHANGE = @CON_VOICE_DSN_EXCHANGE

    set @c_FAX_PREFIX = @CON_FAX_PREFIX

    set @c_FAX_DSN_EXCHANGE = @CON_FAX_DSN_EXCHANGE

    set @c_ADDRESS = @CON_ADDRESS

    set @c_CITY = @CON_CITY

    set @c_STATE = @CON_STATE

    set @c_ZIP = @CON_ZIP

    set @c_COUNTRY = @CON_COUNTRY

    set @c_EMAIL = @CON_EMAIL

    set @Application_date = @REGISTRATION_DATE

    set @u_AIRCRAFT = @USR_AIRCRAFT

    set @Products = @product

    set @Majcoms = @MAJCOM

    set @AccessLevel= @ACCESS

    BEGIN TRANSACTION NEWAPPLICATION

    --Start with the adding information on the contacts

    exec addContact @u_PREFIX, @u_FIRST_NAME, @u_MIDDLE_INITIAL, @u_LAST_NAME, @u_SUFFIX, @u_ORG, @u_MAJCOM, @u_VOICE_PREFIX, @u_VOICE_EXTENSION, @u_VOICE_DSN_EXCHANGE, @u_FAX_PREFIX, @u_FAX_DSN_EXCHANGE, @u_ADDRESS, @u_CITY, @u_STATE, @u_ZIP, @u_COUNTRY, @u_EMAIL, @uContactID OUTPUT

    exec addContact @g_PREFIX, @g_FIRST_NAME, @g_MIDDLE_INITIAL, @g_LAST_NAME, @g_SUFFIX, @g_ORG, @g_MAJCOM, @g_VOICE_PREFIX, @g_VOICE_EXTENSION, @g_VOICE_DSN_EXCHANGE, @g_FAX_PREFIX, @g_FAX_DSN_EXCHANGE, @g_ADDRESS, @g_CITY, @g_STATE, @g_ZIP, @g_COUNTRY, @g_EMAIL, @gContactID OUTPUT

    exec addContact @c_PREFIX, @c_FIRST_NAME, @c_MIDDLE_INITIAL, @c_LAST_NAME, @c_SUFFIX, @c_ORG, @c_MAJCOM, @c_VOICE_PREFIX, @c_VOICE_EXTENSION, @c_VOICE_DSN_EXCHANGE, @c_FAX_PREFIX, @c_FAX_DSN_EXCHANGE, @c_ADDRESS, @c_CITY, @c_STATE, @c_ZIP, @c_COUNTRY, @c_EMAIL, @cContactID OUTPUT

    --Now that we have ContactID info on the contracts, we can tie the tblUsers record to the right people

    INSERT INTO dbo.tblUsers (ContactID, GovtPocContactID, ContractPocContactID, SSN, Aircraft, Majcom, Organization, ContractNumber, ContractDate, ApplicationDate)

    VALUES (@uContactID, @gContactID, @cContactID, @u_NUMBER, @u_AIRCRAFT, @u_MAJCOM, @u_ORG, @c_NUMBER, @c_EXPIRE_DATE, @Application_date)

    --Get the UserID for permissions, and to null out ContractDate if it should be null, not 1900-01-01

    SET @user-id = IDENT_CURRENT('dbo.tblUsers')

    IF (@c_EXPIRE_DATE = '')

    BEGIN

    UPDATE tblUsers SET ContractDate = NULL WHERE UserID = @user-id

    END

    --Variables for the product and majcom flags to be "or'd" against

    DECLARE @PID INT

    DECLARE @MID INT

    DECLARE @MAJCON INT

    set @MAJCON = @MAJCOMS

    --Get the list of product IDs in descending order for convenient subtraction and comparison

    DECLARE products_cursor CURSOR FOR

    SELECT ProductID FROM tblProductDivisions ORDER BY ProductID DESC

    OPEN products_cursor

    FETCH NEXT FROM products_cursor

    INTO @PID

    declare @tblaccess TABLE (UserID INT, MID INT, AccessLevel INT, PID INT)

    WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0

    BEGIN

    IF ((@Products - POWER(2, @PID)) >= 0)

    BEGIN

    --Do the same for the majcoms

    SET @Majcoms = @MAJCON

    DECLARE majcoms_cursor CURSOR FOR

    SELECT MajcomID FROM tblMajcom ORDER BY MajcomID DESC

    OPEN majcoms_cursor

    FETCH NEXT FROM majcoms_cursor

    INTO @MID

    WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0

    BEGIN

    IF ((@Majcoms - POWER(2, @MID)) >= 0)

    BEGIN

    exec addaccesses @user-id, @MID, @AccessLevel, @PID

    -- Sets 3.3 for users requesting SOCOM and PFPS

    if (@MID = 3 and @PID = 6)

    BEGIN

    exec addaccesses @user-id, @MID, @accesslevel, 11

    end

    --Remember to decrement so that the next lower power of two gets the right test

    SET @Majcoms = @Majcoms - POWER(2, @MID)

    END

    FETCH NEXT FROM majcoms_cursor

    INTO @MID

    END

    SET @Products = @Products - POWER(2, @PID)

    close majcoms_cursor

    END

    FETCH NEXT FROM products_cursor

    INTO @PID

    END

    DECLARE access_cursor CURSOR FOR

    SELECT DISTINCT * FROM @tblaccess

    OPEN access_cursor

    FETCH NEXT FROM access_cursor

    INTO @user-id, @MID, @AccessLevel, @PID

    while @@fetch_status = 0

    begin

    exec addAccesses @user-id, @MID, @AccessLevel, @PID

    FETCH NEXT FROM access_cursor

    INTO @user-id, @MID, @AccessLevel, @PID

    end

    close access_cursor

    close products_cursor

    declare @tblLastInsert TABLE (UserID INT, ContactID INT, GovtPocContactID INT, ContractPocContactID INT)

    INSERT INTO @tblLastInsert (UserID, ContactID, GovtPocContactID, ContractPocContactID)

    VALUES (@UserID, @uContactID, @gContactID, @cContactID)

    SELECT * FROM @tblLastInsert where userid = userid

    set @error = @@error

    IF (@error 0)

    BEGIN

    /*raiserror (@message,16,1)*/

    ROLLBACK TRANSACTION NEWAPPLICATION

    RETURN

    END

    COMMIT TRANSACTION NEWAPPLICATION

    ALTER PROC dbo.addContact

    @Prefix as nvarchar(20),

    @FirstName as nvarchar(50),

    @MiddleInitial as nvarchar(50),

    @LastName as nvarchar(50),

    @Suffix as nvarchar(20),

    @Organization as nvarchar(80),

    @Majcom as nvarchar(80),

    @voice as nvarchar(30),

    @VoiceExtension as nvarchar(4),

    @VoiceDsnExchange as nvarchar(20),

    @Fax as nvarchar(30),

    @FaxDsnExchange as nvarchar(20),

    @Street as nvarchar(255),

    @City as nvarchar(50),

    @State as nvarchar(20),

    @PostalCode as nvarchar(20),

    @Country as nvarchar(50),

    @Email as nvarchar(80),

    @ContactID INT OUTPUT

    AS

    declare @error INT

    IF (@FirstName = @Suffix)

    RETURN

    ELSE

    BEGIN

    BEGIN TRANSACTION NEWCONTACT

    INSERT INTO dbo.tblContacts (City, Country, Email, Fax, FaxDsnExchange, FirstName, LastName, MiddleInitial, PostalCode, Prefix, State, Street, Suffix, Voice, VoiceExtension, VoiceDsnExchange)

    VALUES (@City, @Country, @Email, @Fax, @FaxDsnExchange, @FirstName, @LastName, @MiddleInitial, @PostalCode, @Prefix, @State, @Street, @Suffix, @voice, @VoiceExtension, @VoiceDsnExchange)

    SET @ContactID = IDENT_CURRENT('dbo.tblContacts')

    --PRINT @ID

    set @error = @@error

    IF @error 0

    BEGIN

    ROLLBACK TRANSACTION NEWCONTACT

    RETURN

    END

    COMMIT TRANSACTION NEWCONTACT

    END

    ALTER PROC addAccesses

    @user-id INT,

    @MajcomID INT,

    @AccessLevelID INT,

    @ProductID INT

    AS

    declare @testaccess as int

    SELECT @testaccess = Userid FROM tbluseraccesslevel where Userid = @user-id

    if (@testaccess is null)

    begin

    INSERT INTO tblUserAccessLevel (UserID, AccessLevelID) VALUES (@UserID, @AccessLevelID)

    END

    INSERT INTO tblUserContentArea (UserID, MajcomID, ProductID) VALUES (@UserID, @MajcomID, @ProductID)

    SELECT * FROM tblUserAccessLevel l INNER JOIN tblUserContentArea c ON ((l.UserID = @user-id) AND (c.UserID = @user-id))

    SELECT @testaccess = Userid FROM tbluseraccesslevel where Userid = @user-id

  • Yes, and also inserts properly.

  • ah! you're looking for the userid value?

    Its trying to give you back two sets of data at the end

    #####

    SELECT * FROM tblUserAccessLevel l INNER JOIN tblUserContentArea c ON ((l.UserID = @user-id) AND (c.UserID = @user-id))

    SELECT @testaccess = Userid FROM tbluseraccesslevel where Userid = @user-id

    ####

    you need

    set nocount on

    at the top of the proc

    so that the proc only returns the last value to the script

  • Thanks, I'll try it. It leaves a question hanging, though: the tables are only updated when the SP is run in Query Analyzer, or when the perl is stepped through the debugger; if the perl is run normally, the tables *are not changed*. Why is that?

  • hum. my PERL is not too strong, but are you confirming what is actually being sent to the proc? as you've got trans/commit lines in there, it might actually be causing an error that doesn't get reported back, as you've no way to get the status back.

    What you could do is turn the last select into a gather of the error codes as well as the desired output, and thus get some feedback?

  • The perl generates the parameters for the SP (which I can see because $db->Run($sql) dumps it to STDOUT) and when those parameters are fed to the script in QA, it works fine.  It also works fine if the the script is single-stepped by the debugger.

  • and the error codes?

  • Curious. No error code, *and it got a userid*, but the tables have *not* been written to.

    Perhaps the last select needs to be put after the transaction commits, so that it can fail properly.

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