Learned Monks,

In Perl, when doing SQL inserts, I set a value upon error. I would like to change the execute portion(line 4 after the OR in the code sample) to something that actually captures the error text issued by an insert failure. How do I code that, within the framework of the code sample below:

$sqlwi="INSERT INTO $ICT (ict_category,ict_type,ict_subtype,ict_instance,ict_assign2_grp,ict_severity_lvl,ict_date)
VALUES('$a_catg','$a_type','$a_styp','$a_inst','$a_agrp','$a_sevl','$dat3')";

my $sthwi=$dbh->prepare($sqlwi) or $emsg = "prepareWI failed, inserting $ICT";
if (!$emsg) {$sthwi->execute() or $emsg = "executeWI failed, inserting $ICT"}
$sthwi->finish;
if ($emsg) {&exit_now} # call exit routine

Thank you for any guidance you can provide.

In reply to Capturing SQL errors in Perl by Red_Dragon

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