Fellow monks,
I am totally stumped on this one. When I try to use bind_param in the following code, I get a syntax error.

my @tables = $dbh->tables();
$qry = qq{SELECT * FROM ?};
$sth = $dbh->prepare( $qry );

foreach $table ( @tables ) {
    $sth->bind_param( 1, $table );
    $sth->execute();
    $row = $sth->fetchrow_hashref();
......

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They syntax error I get is:
DBD::mysql::st execute failed: You have an error in your SQL syntax.  Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ''user_info'' at line 1....

Now, if I change
$qry = qq{SELECT * FROM ?}
to
$qry = "SELECT * FROM user_info";

and remove the bind_param statement, everything works fine.

I even tried changing the bind_param statement from
$sth->bind_param( 1, $table );
to
$sth->bind_param( 1, "user_info" );

and I get the same syntax error as above.

The query is valid. It works when bind_param is not used and fails only when bind_param is used.

What am I overlooking?

as always, your input is greatly appreciated
davidj

In reply to syntax error when using bind_param by davidj

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