[erlang-questions] try/catch

Wes James comptekki@REDACTED
Mon Jun 28 23:21:45 CEST 2010


Thx. That worked.  I didn't know try could return a value.  I also
need to remember that an expression is more than just a single line of
code but can be several lines separated by a "," in erlang.

-wes

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Allan Wegan <allanwegan@REDACTED> wrote:
<snip>

>
> Maybe, the following is what you want:
>
> do_query(Sp) ->
>        {ok, Db} = pgsql:connect(?HOST, ?DB, ?USERNAME, ?PASSWORD),
>        Result = try
>                {_,[{_,_,Res}]} = pgsql:squery(Db, Sp),
>                {Sp, Res}
>        catch
>                _:_ -> 'undefined';
>        end,
>        pgsql:terminate(Db),
>        Result
> .
>


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