Don't try to put in a variable by fiddling with the template. TT has a method to do so. It's called the stash. 
#!perl
use Template::Plugin::DBI;

$query = <<"EOQ";
select user
from logs
where user not like 'adm%'
EOQ

$tt = <<"EOT";

[% USE DBI('dbi:mysql:logs','','') %]
[% FOREACH item = DBI.query(query) %]
  [% item.user %]
[% END %]

EOT

my $template = Template->new;
$template->process(\$tt, {query => $query})
    or die $template->error();

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This solution becomes quite obvious when one reads the docs.


holli, /regexed monk/

In reply to Re: Template::Toolkit, DBI and mysql % wildcards by holli
in thread Template::Toolkit, DBI and mysql % wildcards by bfdi533

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