so please don't flame

Are you sure about that? Its cold outside, how will you keep warm?

use strict/warnings to cut your development time in half! strict and warnings have also been called "training wheels" but they're more like "sanity checks" or seatbelts , professionals use them long after they've learned to ride a bike

See Re: DBD::mysql trouble

See ExtUtils::MakeMaker::prompt, you could write 

use ExtUtils::MakeMaker qw' prompt ';
...
if( prompt('Are you new?', 'n') =~ /y/ ){
   my $username = prompt('Your name is?','John Smith');
   $username =~ s/\s+$//;
   ...
} else {
   my $username = prompt('Who are you','John Smith');
   $username =~ s/\s+$//;
   ...
}

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Or even 

if( prompt('Are you new?', 'n') =~ /y/ ){
   CreateNewUser();
} else {
   ActivateOldUser();
}

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where CreateNewUser and ActivateOldUser do all that prompt/DBI stuff from before

In reply to Re: MySQL Table adding with Perl by Anonymous Monk
in thread MySQL Table adding with Perl by Anonymous Monk

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