This has nothing to do with your question, but I thought I'd add it. It's regarding the coding of your sql queries. I use heredocs. It's not really necessary for a short query, but comes in handy for complex ones. Makes code very easy to follow.

my $sql = <<EOQ;
select
    BBTicker,
    WMRic
from
    FXSpots
where
    id = 218'
EOQ
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