Cannot catch exception on method $mech->field()

[Eric Smith]

Hi

I am looping through a number of queries and when there is an
exception I never want the script to die but to continue looping.

Accordingly, I am using autocheck => 0 in calls like the following line [60]:

$return_value = $mech->field ('ctl00$ctl00$ContentPlaceHolderContent$ContentPlaceHolderMenuAreaLeft$DeviceSearchByCode1$TabDeviceSearchByDeviceCode$TabPanelSearchFilterByDeviceCode$DeviceFilterByDeviceCodeWithNotAct$TbDeviceCode' => '%', autocheck => 0 );

Despite this however, my script fails sporadically with the
following stacktrace;

Uncaught exception from user code:
Can't call method "value" on an undefined value at /usr/share/perl5/WWW/Mechanize.pm line 1403.
at /usr/share/perl5/WWW/Mechanize.pm line 1403
WWW::Mechanize::field('WWW::Mechanize=HASH(0x996abc8)', 'ctl00$ctl00$ContentPlaceHolderContent$ContentPlaceHolderMenuA...', '%', 'autocheck', 0) called at /home/eric/bin/zenatek_login.pl line 60

How may I catch this exception and prevent the script from die-ing?

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- Eric Smith

[Andy Lester]

> Accordingly, I am using autocheck => 0 in calls like the following line [60]:

autocheck is only meaningful in the constructor. It turns off checks on HTTP requests. It has nothing to do with fields.

> Uncaught exception from user code:
> Can't call method "value" on an undefined value at /usr/share/perl5/WWW/Mechanize.pm line 1403.
> at /usr/share/perl5/WWW/Mechanize.pm line 1403
> WWW::Mechanize::field('WWW::Mechanize=HASH(0x996abc8)', 'ctl00$ctl00$ContentPlaceHolderContent$ContentPlaceHolderMenuA...', '%', 'autocheck', 0) called at /home/eric/bin/zenatek_login.pl line 60

For that, you need to look at the eval function. See perldoc -f veal.

xoa

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[Eric Smith]

Thanks Andy - all cooking.