In the following code I want do a score update 3 times each weekend. At the moment I end up with 3 copies of the info in the database, I need it to overwrite whats there or insert new stuff, can't get it to do it, am I better using update or replace ? I am using mySQL btw 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use DBI;

#my fledgling attempt at a Fantasy AFL comp
#this file reads the downloaded weekly scores and inserts them
#into a datbase

#open the source file for weekly statistics
my $weekly_file = shift || 'weekly'; # you can specify a team file on 
+the command
                                     # line or take the default


#set variables for the database
my $dsn="dbi:mysql:database=fflnew";
my $user="root";
my $pass="";


my $dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, $user, $pass) ||
   die "Could not connect: $DBI::errstr\n";

   open WEEKLY, "< $weekly_file" or die "Cannot open $weekly_file for 
+reading:$!";
   while (<WEEKLY>) {


   my ($round,$playername,$kick,$handpass,$possess,$mark,$hitout,$tack
+le,$freefor,$freeagainst,$goal,$behind) = ("","","","","","","","",""
+,"","","");
      ($round,$playername,$kick,$handpass,$possess,$mark,$hitout,$tack
+le,$freefor,$freeagainst,$goal,$behind)= split( /,/ );


   my $sth = $dbh->prepare("INSERT into ffl_weekly (score_ID,round,pla
+yername,kick,handpass,posession,mark,hitout,tackle,freefor,freeagains
+t,goal,behind,total) values (NULL,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,NULL)");   
+                                                                     
+                                                $sth->execute($round,
+$playername,$kick,$handpass,$possess,$mark,$hitout,$tackle,$freefor,$
+freeagainst,$goal,$behind);

#close and commit changes
}
close WEEKLY|| die "Cannot close $weekly_file, $!";
$dbh->disconnect();

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In reply to checking to do a insert or update by perlinacan

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