Setup a configuration file that contains all the valid field names for each database stored in hash or lists. This is some code I have been working on that may or may not help you, but has been very useful for my needs. 
my %table_fields = (
    table1 => [ 'field1' , 'field2' , 'field3' ],
    table2 => [ 'field1' , 'field2' , 'field3' ],
);
sub get_fields {
    my ($self,$table) = @_;
    return $table_fields{$table};
}

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Now you can pick through your current "keys" and see which ones match valid field names and pass only those to something like:
sub save {
    my $self  = shift;
    my $table = shift; 
    my $args  = shift; # this is your hash of fields and values
    my @place = ();
    my @field = ();
    my @value = ();
#
# insert into table
#
    foreach (keys %{$args}) {
    push @place, '?';
    push @field, $_;
    push @value, $args->{$_};
    }
    my $string = qq[ insert
            into   $table
                   ( ] . join(' ,', @field) . qq[ )
            values ( ] . join(' ,', @place) . qq[ )
        ];
    $self->error_to_log("$string");
    my $id = $self->db_do($string
        ,  \@value
        
    );

    return ($id);

}

sub db_do {
    my $self         = shift;
    my $string       = shift;
    my $placeholders = shift;
    
    my $id;
    
    $self->error_to_log("$string");
    
    my $cursor = $self->dbh->prepare($string);
    
    $cursor->execute(@{ $placeholders });

    if ($string =~ /^\s?insert/i) {
    $id = $self->dbh->{'mysql_insertid'};
    $self->error_to_log("ID $id",1);
    }
    return ( $id );
}

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In reply to Re: Creating a Flexible Database Module by trs80
in thread Creating a Flexible Database Module by gwhite

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