I have various Perl programs that access a database. My question is do I use File::Slurp to read the SQL into the program or do I just put the SQL into the Perl program?

I think it makes the program cleaner but I am worried about someone deleting the SQL files

File Slurp 

   $sql = read_file("$ref->{config}->{SQLDIR}/USPS.sql");

   &getOrders($ref,$sql);

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File in program 

my $sql = "         select
            ORDER_ID,
            BATCH_ID,
            FIRST_NAME,
            LAST_NAME,
            TITLE,
            ADDRESS1,
            ADDRESS2,
            CITY,
            STATE,
            POSTAL_CODE,
            PHONE,
            EMAIL_ADDRESS,
            STORE_NUMBER,
            DELIVERY_METHOD,
            DELIVERY_ERROR,
            VALUE,
            CRM_REFERENCE,
            ASSIGNED_CARD_ID,
            CARD_ACTIVE_DATE,
            CARD_EXPIRED_DATE,
            REQUEST,
            ORDER_DATE,
            ITEM_CODE,
            CONVERT_ELIGIBLE,
            PROCESS_BATCH_ID,
            RESPONSE,
            PASSPHRASE,
            CONVERSION_SERIAL
            from INTEGRATION.OL_ORDER
            WHERE
            CLIENT_ID = 97
            AND BATCH_ID  =
                (SELECT * FROM (SELECT
                    BATCH_ID
                    FROM OL_ORDER
                    WHERE CLIENT_ID = 97
                    AND DELIVERY_METHOD ='USPS'
                    GROUP BY BATCH_ID
                    ORDER BY BATCH_ID DESC NULLS LAST)
                  WHERE ROWNUM <= 1)";
&getOrders($ref,$sql);

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In reply to SQL in files or File::Slurp? by crusty_collins

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