I am trying to create an interface of sorts to INSERT data into a PostgreSQL database; What I'm having trouble with is passing the "description" to postgres, since the FIELD is an character array.

The bit of relevent code... 
print "\nEnter a brief description:  ";
  chomp($desc = <STDIN>);
  $data = $dbh->quote($desc);

  $sth = $dbh->prepare("
    INSERT INTO $tbl_name (product_id, model_number, description)
    VALUES ($prod_id, $mod_num, $data)
  ");

[download]
The error I recieve...

DBD::Pg::st execute failed: ERROR: array_in: Need to specify dimension.

I have also tried using an array; However, it seems I was really doing the same thing. 8\

... chomp(my @desc = <STDIN>);$data = $dbh->quote($desc[0]); ...

[download]

In reply to DBD::Pg INSERT enlightenment by penguinfuz

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.