Hi gang. I am running into a problem with using Class::DBI's set_sql with a MySQL database. I have a query where I want to give a parameter to limit the number of records I want to receive. A simplified version of my query is as follows: 
Foo::Bar->set_sql(withlimit => q{
   select * from table
   where field = ?
   limit ?
});

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The problem with this is when I try to call the query using search_withlimit(20,10) I get an error telling me there's a problem with my SQL syntax. It seems that the parameter for limit is being filled in with quote marks, and MySQL doesn't like that. The above example ends up getting turned into: 
select * from table
where field = '20'
limit '10'

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I can't work out how to persuade the limit parameter to be filled in without the quotes. Any ideas?

In reply to set_sql, MySQL, Class::DBI and using a SQL LIMIT by steve_sims

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