Hi all, I have a DBI snippet that's supposed to insert data into a MySQL data base taking 2 parameters, one of which I need to be an array.
For example, if calling the sub looks like this: 
$db->insert('table_name', @values);

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Values is my array, and it needs to contain data which will be join'd by commas (,). I can't figure out how to use an array as a parameter though.
I'd like my sub to look like this: 
sub insert {
    
    my $self  = shift;
    my @values = @the_array_parameter;
    my $query = "INSERT INTO " . 
                 $q[0] .
                 " VALUES( " .
                 join (',', @values);
    $dbh->do($query);
}

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I'm probably over thinking this, but any help is appreciated.

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In reply to Need an array as a function parameter by stonecolddevin

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