Please help me for a few minutes...

I am trying to update a MySQL database RECORD inside of a table.

Here is my code:
if ($in{tax_id} ne "") { #Only update this record IF it has a value!
    $dbh->do (qq{ UPDATE `reg_users` SET `tax_id` = ? WHERE `username`
+ = ? },
                undef, $in{tax_id}, $username);
    $dbh->disconnect();
}
    $dbh->do (qq{ UPDATE `reg_users` SET `aff_url` = ? WHERE `username
+` = ? },
                undef, $in{aff_url}, $username);
    $dbh->disconnect();

    $dbh->do (qq{ UPDATE `reg_users` SET `aff` = ?, `aff_su_date` = ? 
+WHERE `username` = ? },
                undef, "yes", $formated_date, $username);
    $dbh->disconnect();

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I've tried to combine the last two record updates like this:
    $dbh->do (qq{ UPDATE `reg_users` SET `aff_url` = ?, `aff` = ?, `af
+f_su_date` = ? WHERE `username` = ? },
                undef, $in{aff_url}, "yes", $formated_date, $username)
+;
    $dbh->disconnect();

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However, it did not work, so in one of my attempts to make it work, I seperated it. That did not fix it... obviously.

I did have it print the Aff URL like this, into the HTML thank you part:

$thank_you_html = qq~
Aff URL is <b>$in{aff_url}</b /><br />
Tax ID is <b>$in{tax_id}</b /><br />
~;

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As expected that does print what I put in the form. But for some reason, MySQL does not like it.

MySQL WILL However update these columns: `aff_su_date` and `aff`!

Any Ideas why it updates those but not the rest?

I would appreciate your 2 cents on this matter.

thx,
Richard.

In reply to MySQL and Perl... Update record Prob by powerhouse

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