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in thread Storing a variable in a file and processing within the script

Works nicely, but bear in mind that that is essentially a placeholder - that 's/...' line is replacing the text '$table_name' with the value held in the variable '$table_name'. I'd tend to suggest that's a source of confusion later on.

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Re^4: Storing a variable in a file and processing within the script
by marinersk (Priest) on Jul 18, 2013 at 22:21 UTC
    I absolutely agree -- scope confusion waiting to happen.

    I also fully agree with the other posters who added the suggestion to use clearly identifiable tags (I'm a big fan of double hash sign encapsulated codes like ##TABLE_NAME## and such), as well as the numerous warnings about this solution being susceptible to injection attacks.

    I just figured the first step was to get the OP past the operational issue, and then start layering in the good engineering practices LOL.

Re^4: Storing a variable in a file and processing within the script
by tony@perlmonks.org (Initiate) on Jul 19, 2013 at 11:00 UTC
    Noted. Thanks again