$q->param('class_id') = undef;

Read the CGI docs:

$q->delete('class_id')
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Mea culpa. Thanks for the reminder I have been away from Perl for a good while.

Unfortunately the Class::DBI update() method does not work unless the $obj has an id defined and part of the problem here is that the insert id isn't in $obj unless find_or_create gets an explicit undef or an explicit $id.
TIA
jg


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