Hi, I'm just trying out Perl with the DBD::Sybase module nad cannot figure out whether it's possible or how to do this. I am a perl newcomer so forgive me if this is a trivial question.

I want to be able to put this statement into the prepare but don't know how to get DBD::Sybase to handle the delare bits ?
declare @name char(30)
declare @uid int
select @name=name, @uid=uid from $database..sysusers where suid = $suid
if (@name != null) exec $database..sp_dropuser @name else if exists (select 1 from $database..sysalternates where suid = $suid)
exec $database..sp_dropalias $loginname

Just sticking the whole select in a prepare doesn't work e.g.

$database="testdb";
$suid=1234;
$loginname="joe";

$sth=$dbh->prepare("declare \@name  char(30) declare \@uid   int selec
+t \@name=name, \@uid=uid from $database..sysusers where suid
= $suid if (\@name != null)  exec $database..sp_dropuser \@name  else 
+if exists (select 1 from $database..sysal
ternates where suid = $suid) exec $database..sp_dropalias $loginname")
+;
$sth->execute;

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Any help appreciated

In reply to DBD Sybase and declare by Anonymous Monk

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