OK. done. I got the following. The sql is not what I'd expect if I were doing it by hand. 
2T  <- prepare= Ima::DBI::st=HASH(0x407094) at Oracle.pm line 308
    -> FETCH for DBD::Oracle::st (Ima::DBI::st=HASH(0x407094)~0x4068ac
+ 'NUM_OF_FIELDS')
 T  <- FETCH= 1 at Oracle.pm line 310
    -> DESTROY for DBD::Oracle::st (Ima::DBI::st=HASH(0x4068ac)~INNER)
 T  <- DESTROY= undef at Oracle.pm line 312
 T  <- ping= 1 at DBI.pm line 347
    -> prepare_cached for DBD::Oracle::db (Ima::DBI::db=HASH(0x350280)
+~0x370678 'SELECT id
FROM   Areas
WHERE  areaname = ?
')
2   -> FETCH for DBD::Oracle::db (Ima::DBI::db=HASH(0x370678)~INNER 'C
+achedKids')
2T  <- FETCH= HASH(0x3eadd0)2keys at DBI.pm line 1236
2   -> prepare for DBD::Oracle::db (Ima::DBI::db=HASH(0x370678)~INNER 
+'SELECT id
FROM   Areas
WHERE  areaname = ?
' undef)
    dbd_preparse scanned 1 distinct placeholders
    fbh 1: 'ID' NO null , otype   2->  5, dbsize 22/134, p0.s0
2T  <- prepare= Ima::DBI::st=HASH(0x403414) at DBI.pm line 1249
 T  <- prepare_cached= ( Ima::DBI::st=HASH(0x403414) ) [1 items] at DB
+I.pm line 424

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In reply to Re^2: Oracle and Class::DBI search for a NULL field value by freddo411
in thread Oracle and Class::DBI search for a NULL field value by freddo411

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