# Connect to the database.
my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:database=test;host=localhost",
          "joe","joe's password", {'RaiseError'=>1}) || die "unable to connect to the database";
# Now the interesting part.
$dbh->do("INSERT INTO foo VALUES(1,?)",undef, "Tim");

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# From the docs
$rows = $dbh->do($statement, \%attr, @bind_values)