Unfortunately I have to disagree a bit with the other posters. It is not necessary to call $sth->finish() and if you find it so I suspect it is due to an old version of the DBD::ODBC module. I had the same problem earlier this year and reported it on the DBI-users mailing list. The author of DBI had this reply. The problem was fixed in subsequent releases of DBD::ODBC (1.02 and onwards).

So, if you see this problem you should upgrade DBD::ODBC. If you are running ActivePerl you can do so by going to a command line and typing:
ppm install ftp://ftp.esoftmatic.com/outgoing/DBI
(My memory might be off, but I think you might need a .ppd on the end of that -- not sure). Hope this helps!
-Tats

In reply to Re: DBI (Prepare once execute many fails) by Itatsumaki
in thread DBI (Prepare once execute many fails) by ColtsFoot

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