in reply to Re^2: Storing a variable in a file and processing within the script
in thread Storing a variable in a file and processing within the script

It's fine in this case, since the placeholder is for a column value. Even though the $table_name is the thing in question, he apparently has a table full of table names to query against. Good reminder, though.

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