I have a problem fetching data from a Database!
I have searched some O'Reilly Books (from the Perl CD Bookshelf - does not include the DBI book)
and read your Tutorials ("DBI Tricks" and "Reading from a Database") but still I can't do what I want.
Can someone give me a hand here? Thanks!!

Here's a piece of the code: 
$sql ="select serial_number, item_id from serial_item_inv where serial
+_number=? and item_id=?";

$dbh = DBI->connect ($dbname, $user, $password, 'Oracle');
$sth = $dbh->prepare($sql);

print "Enter a Serial Number and an Item ID: ";
while (<>) {
        chomp;
        ($sn, $ii) = split /\s/;
      $sth->execute($sn, $ii);
      ($s, $i)  = $sth->fetchrow_array();
        print "Serial Number: $s Item ID: $i\n";
};

$sth->finish();
$dbh->disconnect;

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Funny enough (or perhaps not), this code works fine if I use one sole constrain / placeholder in the SQL statement.

In reply to Can't fetch using 2 placeholders in SELECT statement by mainada

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