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The statement is actually
my $data = qq( mysql_here );


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Re^3: Using variables withing a mysql query
by psini (Deacon) on May 11, 2008 at 19:43 UTC

    This should be equivalent to double quotes. What do you get from a print $data; after your statement above?

    If you get exactly the query (SELECT id, name, location FROM book WHERE 1 ORDER BY id DESC) and it doesn't work as expected, perhaps you should post more of the surrounding code...