my $sth_m = $dbh_m->prepare(<errstr; INSERT INTO memo (date, user, ref, creator, status, memo_text) values (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?) SQL $sth_m->execute("$year-$mon-$mday", $INPUT{user}, INPUT{ref}, $INPUT{username}, 'notread', $memo_final) or die $sth_m->errstr;