The sub below is part of the calendar app I am developing. Everything works except the elsif. The elsif conditional fires off appropriately (checked it with a print statement). But the rows are not deleted. When the Add branch above it executes, the rows are deleted following an eval{} of their being moved. Even if a dozen are ok'ed they all get moved and then old row deleted but the identical code in the straight delete sequence does not throw errors or delete the rows. Anyone know why?
TIA
jg

sub approve_posts_now {
    my @key;
    foreach $key (%form_data) {
        if ($key =~ /^radio/ && $form_data{$key} eq "Add") {
            @key = split("," , $key);
            $sth = $dbh->prepare("INSERT INTO $calendar_table SELECT *
+ FROM $holding_table WHERE year=? AND
             month=? AND day=? AND time_start=? AND time_end=? AND tit
+le=?");
            $sth->bind_param(1, "$key[1]");
            $sth->bind_param(2, "$key[2]");
            $sth->bind_param(3, "$key[3]");
            $sth->bind_param(4, "$key[4]");
            $sth->bind_param(5, "$key[5]");
            $sth->bind_param(6, "$key[6]");
            eval {$sth->execute();};
            if (!$@) {
                $sth = $dbh->prepare("DELETE FROM $holding_table WHERE
+ year=? AND
                 month=? AND day=? AND time_start=? AND time_end=? AND
+ title=?");
                $sth->bind_param(1, "$key[1]");
                $sth->bind_param(2, "$key[2]");
                $sth->bind_param(3, "$key[3]");
                $sth->bind_param(4, "$key[4]");
                $sth->bind_param(5, "$key[5]");
                $sth->bind_param(6, "$key[6]");
                $sth->execute();
            }
        } elsif ($key =~ /^radio/ && $form_data{$key} eq "Delete") {
                $sth = $dbh->prepare("DELETE FROM $holding_table WHERE
+ year=? AND
                 month=? AND day=? AND time_start=? AND time_end=? AND
+ title=?");
                $sth->bind_param(1, "$key[1]");
                $sth->bind_param(2, "$key[2]");
                $sth->bind_param(3, "$key[3]");
                $sth->bind_param(4, "$key[4]");
                $sth->bind_param(5, "$key[5]");
                $sth->bind_param(6, "$key[6]");
                $sth->execute();
        }
    }
    @success_message = h2({-align=>'center'},"Database(s) updated. Tha
+nks!");
    success_message();
}
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