Hello Monks! I have been modifying an existing Perl script to add some database inserts and updates. I configured the changes I needed, then set about trying to make some it more efficient and organized for the next person. This is a basic example, but I have an insert command that will get called dozens of times in a script: 
my $sql_ins_log = "insert into download_log (download_id,status,update
+_time)" 
                . " values(?,getValueByMeaning('$status_meaning','17')
+,?)";

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I have this inside of a for loop, but the sql itself should be the same, with only the variables changing. So I thought, well I can just move that getValueByMeaning() function as a parameter (like the download_id and update_time) and set the $sql_ins_log outside of the for loop to avoid setting the variable over and over to the same thing, like this: 
my $sql_ins_log = "insert into download_log (download_id,status,update
+_time)" 
                . " values(?,?,?)";
foreach(@X){
  $now = localtime->mysql_datetime;
  $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql_ins_log);
  $sth->execute($download_id,getValueByMeaning('$status_meaning','17')
+,$now);
}

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I tried a variety of things, but I'm having issues that I think relates to the fact that it's a function and there's a variable in it (meaning, it's not just a function like NOW()). To be clear, the getValueByMeaning is a user defined MySQL function, not a Perl function in this script. So I want the actual SQL to get passed into MySQL like this: 
insert into download_log (download_id,status,update_time) values(1,get
+ValueByMeaning('DONE',17'),'2014-09-15 14:16:00')

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Thanks for ay insight!

In reply to MySQL Parameterized Query with Functions by hoyt

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