#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use DBI qw(:sql_types);

#set up connection
my ( $data_source, $database, $user_id, $password ) =qw ( MANTIS-1\\SQ
+LEXPRESS lc_bugtracker_db  bugadmin 1bug2admin. );

#set up column values
my ( $name, $status, $enabled, $view_state, $access_min ,$file_path ) 
+=qw (project1 2 0 1 1 C:\\defect_tracking_project\\testproject);
my $description =  "this is the project description";

my $conn_string = "driver={SQL Server};
                    Server=$data_source;
                    Database=$database;
                    UID=$user_id;
                    PWD=$password;
                        {
                          RaiseError => 1,
                          AutoCommit => 0
                        }";

#Connect the database handle.
my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:ODBC:$conn_string");

#SQL Insert statement and get identity value created by insert
my $insertSQL = qq{ INSERT INTO mantis_project_table 
(name,status,enabled,view_state,access_min,file_path,description) VALU
+ES(?,?,?,?,?,?,?); SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY() };

#Prepare SQL statement for execution
my $sth = $dbh->prepare($insertSQL);

#Bind parms and parm sql types for insert statement
    $sth->bind_param( 1, $name, SQL_VARCHAR );
    $sth->bind_param( 2, $status, SQL_SMALLINT );
    $sth->bind_param( 3, $enabled, SQL_BIT);
    $sth->bind_param( 4, $view_state, SQL_SMALLINT );
    $sth->bind_param( 5, $access_min, SQL_SMALLINT );
    $sth->bind_param( 6, $file_path, SQL_VARCHAR );
    $sth->bind_param( 7, $description, SQL_LONGVARCHAR);

#execute the sql statement on the server
    $sth->execute();

#get the id value in a varArray to use later -- it could be null (unde
+f)
    my @idarray = $sth->fetchrow_array();
    my $id = @idarray ? $idarray[0] : undef;
    print "the identity column id used this time was: $id \n" ;
    
#clean up     
$sth->finish();   
$dbh->disconnect();
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