Aaargh! I cannot figure out how to pass a variable into my MySQL query in Perl. I am using Net::MySQL
This works:
   $mysql->query(q{ select * from workspace where name = 'my_workspace'});
this does not:
 my $workspace = "my_workspace";
  $mysql->query(q{ select * from workspace where name = '$workspace' }
+);

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I remove the single quotes, etc and the query doesn't work. Thanks for any examples! -Michael P.S. My method of figuring the count is rather innefficient as well. Any pointer welcome. 
  $mysql->query(q{ select * from workspace where name = 'my_workspace'
+ });
  my $i;
my $record_set = $mysql->create_record_iterator;
while (my $record = $record_set->each) {
            $i++;
    }
 if ($i) {print "found one!\n";}

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20040915 Edit by broquaint: Changed title from 'Now to do simple select with Net::MySQL'

20040915 Edit by castaway: Changed title from 'Now to do simple select with Net::MySQL'

In reply to How to do simple select with Net::MySQL by Anonymous Monk

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