Here's some actual code from the cgi.

#/usr/bin/perl -w
use DBI; 
use CGI ':standard'; 
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

my $dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:mysql:my_db','searcher','searcherpasswd')
or die "Connection Error: $DBI::errstr\n";
##DELETE FROM my table WHERE DATE(NOW(), date) >30;
DELETE FROM my table where now()-d >interval '30days';

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Here are some error messages. The first is when using the 'Commented Out' piece of code. The others are when using the other piece of code. 

Undefined subroutine &main::NOW called at e:\owner\website \cgi-bin\se
+arch_ specialty.pl line 13

[Wed Jul 13 15:26:07 2016] [error] [client 72.208.178.63] String found
+ where operator expected at e:\owner\website \cgi-bin\search_ special
+ty.pl line 14, near "interval '30days'"

[Wed Jul 13 15:26:07 2016] [error] [client xx.xxx.xxx.xx]     (Do you 
+need to predeclare interval?)

Syntax error at e:\owner\website \cgi-bin\search_ specialty.pl line 14
+, near ")-d "

Execution of e:\pinnacle\website\cgi-bin\search_specialty.pl aborted d
+ue to compilation errors.

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According to advise from several tech sites the code should work. But, it doesn't.

In reply to Re^2: Deleting Old MySql Records With PERL by Milti
in thread Deleting Old MySql Records With PERL by Milti

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