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I think $slurping too much wine this weekend has dulled my abilities once again.

I'm trying to accept an array (actually multiple arrays but I'm trying to simplify the process first so I can understand it) from a form, properly quote each value and place it into a DB. Here's my feeble attempt:

my @quantity = param('quantity');
my $item_number = param("item_number");
#my @item_number = param("item_number");Not used until I understand ho
+w to pass one array in first. 

    my $quantity = $dbh->quote( $quantity );
    my $item_number = $dbh->quote( $item_number );

    foreach $quantity (@quantity ) {     
    
    my $sql = qq/
    INSERT INTO needed_details (quantity, item_number) VALUES ($quanti
+ty, $item_number)
     /; 
    my $rv = $dbh->do( $sql );   
    }

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When I put two values into the array (e.g. @quantity =2,1), I get four entries into the DB. Two duplicates entries. Please help me understand my mistake. TIA

peppiv

In reply to Accept array from Form and put in DB by peppiv

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