I've got some code that gets a name from a form, checks a MySQL database for duplications, if no duplications found it is supposed to write the new name as a new record. I say supposed to because it stops at that point and tells me
syntax error at /usr/lib/cgi-bin/addoffice.cgi line 62, near "$sth = $ +dbh->prepare($stmt) || die "" Can't find string terminator '"' anywhere before EOF at /usr/lib/cgi-b +in/addoffice.cgi line 63.
.
It sounds to me like there is a string in the wrong place but I can't see it. In fact, if I run the script from terminal I get
<!-- warning: String found where operator expected at ./addoffice.cgi +line 59, near "$sth = $dbh&#65533;&#65533;prepare($stmt) || die "" (M +ight be a runaway multi&#65533;line "" string starting on line 57) -- +>

What confounds me is that the code worked fine until I added the second MySQL query but the second query syntax is a copy and paste of the first.
I have tried closing and reopening the database connection in between the two queries but got the same results. I've posted the code below. Does anyone know what I've stuffed up?
# Prepare and execute the SQL query $sth = $dbh->prepare($stmt) || die "prepare: $stmt: $DBI::errstr"; $sth->execute($office) || die <br/>"execute: $stmt: $DBI:: +errstr"; $sth->bind(undef,/$num); $sth->fetchrow(); print start_html; if ($num){ #if a match has been found $message= "The office of ".$office." is already listed.<br +>"; $url = "http://stgeorges.com/admin/addoffice.html?office=$ +office&msg=$message";<br/> $q =>print "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='0;URL=$url +'>"; } else{ # Create the query statement - Insert the new office into the database $stmt = "INSERT into officers (off_name) values (?)"; # Prepare and execute the SQL query $sth = $dbh->prepare($stmt) || die "prepare: $stmt: $DBI:: +errstr"; $sth->execute($office) || die "execute: $stmt: $DBI::errst +r"; $sth->fetchrow(); } print end_html;

In reply to Problem with second MySQL Query by greymoose

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