dstefani,
your approach is correct if you want to keep compatibility with other DBI drivers. You can avoid duplicating your sql like this: 
## chunk 'O' code
@sql = (
    "SELECT COUNT(*)",
    "FROM sc_products WHERE name LIKE ? AND keywords LIKE ?"
);
@args = ("%$search_name%", '%Color%');

$sth = $dbh->prepare(join ' ', @sql);
$sth->execute(@args) 
    || $error->LogError("Error opening database connection f
+or product count in search.cgi".$dbh->errstr, 0);

# get my count
my ($count) = $sth->fetchrow_array;
$sth->finish;

$sql[0]  = "SELECT name, image2";
$sth = $dbh->prepare(join ' ', @sql);
$sth->execute(@args) || $error->LogError("Error opening database conne
+ction f
+or product count in search.cgi".$dbh->errstr, 0);

while(my @results = $sth->fetchrow_array)
{
## Use my count in here for some cool table formatting...    
print "<tr><td class=\"imgs\">...
}

$sth->finish;
$dbh->disconnect();

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Note that with DBI, it's better to use placeholders (instead of putting variables in your sql) because DBI will then take care of any quoting issues for you.

In reply to Re: DBI, From PHP to Perl by Arunbear
in thread DBI, From PHP to Perl by dstefani

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