(1) my $dbh->do("INSERT INTO tbl VALUES (".param('Col1').",".param('Col2').",".param('Col3').")"); (2) my $Col1 = param('Col1'); my $Col2 = param('Col2'); my $Col3 = param('Col3'); my $dbh->do("INSERT INTO tbl VALUES ($Col1,$Col2,$Col3)"); (3) my %params = Vars; my $dbh->do("INSERT INTO tbl VALUES ($params{'Col1'},$params{'Col2'},$params{'Col3'}')");