Re: Re: MySQL/Perl LIKE $string question

Super thanks gav^! It works. Where did you find this? I hate posting questions when they are so easily answered.

peppiv

Update:
yes tachyon, been to that site many times and learned a lot! However, it didn't answer this particular question.
I appreciate it!

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Re: Re: Re: MySQL/Perl LIKE $string question by Masem (Monsignor) on Jan 31, 2002 at 21:08 UTC
It's probably from how the placeholders are looked for in the query string. Since you're using MySQL, which IIRC doesn't have support for placeholders, that support is faked by the DBI level. Thus, it parses your string but doesn't look inside quoted blocks. So the placeholder in your "%?%" string isn't seen, and thus the DBI engine believes you have no placeholders, and fails on the execute. ----------------------------------------------------- Dr. Michael K. Neylon - mneylon-pm@masemware.com \|\| "You've left the lens cap of your mind on again, Pinky" - The Brain "I can see my house from here!" It's not what you know, but knowing how to find it if you don't know that's important	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: MySQL/Perl LIKE $string question by tachyon (Chancellor) on Jan 31, 2002 at 19:37 UTC
Could I recommend this excellent article A short guide to DBI by our own dominus. It should get you on track in no time. cheers tachyon s&&rsenoyhcatreve&&&s&n.+t&"$'$`$\"$\&"&ee&&y&srve&&d&&print	[reply]