# Handling errors the smart way

- ## Setting RaiseError make the DBI call die for you

- ## For simple applications immediate death on error is fine

  - The error message is usually accurate and detailed enough
  - Better than the error messages some developers use!

- ## For more advanced applications greater control is needed, perhaps:

  - Correct the problem and retry
  - or, Fail that chunk of work and move on to another
  - or, Log error and clean up before a graceful exit
  - or, whatever else to need to do

- ## Buzzwords:

  - Need to catch the error exception being thrown by RaiseError

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