INSERT INTO test VALUES ( ?,? ) RETURNING my_id INTO ? #### CREATE TABLE "SPL"."TEST" ( "MY_ID" NUMBER NOT NULL ENABLE, "MY_NAME" VARCHAR2(50) NOT NULL ENABLE, "MY_DESC" VARCHAR2(100), CONSTRAINT "TEST_PK" PRIMARY KEY ("MY_ID") ) ; #### CREATE SEQUENCE "SPL"."TEST_ID_SEQ" MINVALUE 1 MAXVALUE 999999999999999999999999999 INCREMENT BY 1 START WITH 1020 CACHE 20 NOORDER NOCYCLE ; #### CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER "SPL"."BFR_INS_TEST_TRG" before insert on TEST for each row declare cursor test_id_cur is select test_id_seq.nextval from dual; begin if :new.my_id is null then open test_id_cur; fetch test_id_cur into :new.my_id; close test_id_cur; end if; end BFR_INS_TEST_TRG; / ALTER TRIGGER "SPL"."BFR_INS_TEST_TRG" ENABLE; #### #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use DBI qw(:sql_types); print $DBI::VERSION, "\n"; exit; my $dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:Oracle:db','user','pass', { AutoCommit => 0, RaiseError => 0, PrintError => 0 } ) or die "Unable to connect!: $!\n"; my $sql = qq { INSERT INTO peck_test VALUES ( ?,? ) RETURNING my_id INTO ? }; my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql); my $id; my $name = 'Bob'; my $desc = 'Just another guy'; $sth->bind_param (1, $name, SQL_VARCHAR); $sth->bind_param (2, $desc, SQL_VARCHAR); $sth->bind_param_inout(3, \$id, SQL_NUMERIC); $sth->execute(); print "Inserted record: $id\n" if $id; $sth->finish(); $dbh->disconnect();