[erlang-questions] try/catch

[Allan Wegan]

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> So in a previous post, it was mentioned that a variable in a try can
> not be used afterwards.  How is this done then?  Like this:
>
> do_query(Sp) ->
> 	{ok, Db} = pgsql:connect(?HOST, ?DB, ?USERNAME, ?PASSWORD),
> 	try {_,[{_,_,Res}]}=pgsql:squery(Db, Sp)
> 	catch
>     	throw:Term -> Term;
>     	exit:Reason -> {'EXIT',Reason};
>     	error:Reason -> {'EXIT',{Reason,erlang:get_stacktrace()}}
> 	end,
> 	pgsql:terminate(Db),
> 	{Sp,""}.
>
> I want to call squery and return a value to Res, but if there is an
> error return nothing.  {Sp. ""} was {Sp, Res}  but doesn't work since
> Res is in the Try.

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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