Ok here's the dilly-yo.

I've got a Perl app using DBI with a MySQL database. I keep getting an error and I can't spot why(neither can my boss). So I'm wondering if there are any bugs with our versions of DBI or DBD::mysql(or my app for that matter ;).

Okay here's code in abbreviated form. The parts that involve the error are exact: 

use DBI;
use strict; 

# query in question
my $sth_sts = $dbh->prepare("UPDATE players SET t_id=?, bats=?, throws
+=?, status=? WHERE id=?");   

my $i;
foreach $i (0 .. $#$prec) {  # $prec is defined elsewhere
    # blah
    # blah
    # blah
    # blah

    # execute in question
    $sth_sts->execute($tid,$p->{P_BATS},$p->{P_THROWS},$p->{P_STATUS},
+$p->{P_PLAYERID})
    or print "$DBI::errstr\n";

    # blah
}

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And the error: 
Unknown column 'R' in 'field list'

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And a sample of what the values plugged into the query should be: 
$tid = 20;  # or any other 2 digit int
$p->{P_BATS}     = 'R';  # or 'L','S'
$p->{P_THROWS}   = 'R';  # or 'L'
$p->{P_STATUS}   = 'A';  # or 'D','I','M'
$p->{P_PLAYERID} = 1846404;  # or any other int up to 10 digits

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Also, I figured you'd probably like to know the versions of DBI and DBD::mysql...oh and Perl ;)

Again, I'm at a complete loss. I thought it might be a problem with the quoting of the variables(which still seems likely to me), but I can't figure out where the problem is occuring or how to fix it.

Thanks in advance.

Amel - f.k.a. - kel

In reply to DBI/DBD::mysql bugs? by dsb

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