sub insertItem {
    (my $insertCom) = @_;
    
    $dbInsert=$db->prepare($insertCom) or die "DBI prepare failed! : $sth->err : $sth->errstr";
    my $rows_inserted = $dbInsert->execute();
    
    if ( $dbInsert->err )
    {
      die "DBI ERROR Insert Failed! : $sth->err : $sth->errstr";
    }
    
    return $rows_inserted;
}

##</code><code>##

$db=DBI->connect('DBI:mysql:invoices',[username],[password], { RaiseError => 1, AutoCommit => 1 });