That shouldn't be an issue if you're using placeholders. DBI knows if it's suppose to be an number or a string based on information it obtains from the database. 

sub escape_name {
   my $t = @_ ? $_[0] : $_;
   $t =~ s/`/``/g;
   return "`$t`";
}

my $table = 'sometable';
my @cols = qw( id name );
my @vals = qw( 3 somename );

my $stmt = "INSERT INTO "
         . escape_name($table)
         . " ("
         . join(', ', map escape_name, @cols)
         . ") VALUES ("
         . join(', ', (?) x @cols)
         . ")";

my $sth = $dbh->prepare($stmt);

$sth->execute(@vals);

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I'm using MySQL's escape mechanism for table names and column names. I don't know if DB2 uses the same mechanism.

In reply to Re: variable type by ikegami
in thread variable type by Losing

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