I'm running into a problem with uploading a <TEXTAREA> field from a web form into a TEXT column type in Mysql. Here's an example...
my $c = CGI->new();
my $node_id = $c->Vars()->{nodeid}
my $text = $c->Vars()->{textdata};
my $sth = $dbh->prepare("INSERT INTO t2d SET textfield=? WHERE node_id
+=?");
$sth->execute($text,$sth);

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This generates a syntax error every time. I'm guessing that quotes, newlines, etc. in the <TEXTAREA> are causing the problem, but I've scoured all the docs, super search data and categorized questions and can't find the answer.
Is there a simple routine I'm missing to "safe" the text before trying to insert it into the database? Am I missing something else?

Thanks in advance.
cluka
JA(beginning)PH

In reply to On Handling Text (Blob) Column Types in MySQL/CGI by cluka

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