Considering perl 4 had neither lexical variables (my), nor the Perl 5 package mechanism (use Foo), nor DBI that's a rather surprising assertion to make . . .

That being said, the error is not from perl but from your mysql database and you need to find out why it (meaning mysql) doesn't like the SQL statement you're passing it. Enabling tracing on your DBI handle ($self->m_dbhConnection->trace( 2 )) will probably be enlightening.

Update: And a handy snippet for free nodelet JavaScript for train wreck subjects such as this . . . 

// presumes JQuery available . . .
function pm_trim_long_titles( ) {
  var candidate_tds = $('.main_content tbody > tr > td > a' )

  candidate_tds.each( function( idx ) {
    var this_txt = $(this).html();

    if( this_txt.length > 100 ) {
      var trimmed_txt = this_txt.substring( 0, 90 ) + "<i>[...trimmed]
+</i>";
      $(this).html( trimmed_txt );
    }
  });
}

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In reply to Re: DBD::mysql::st execute ...ZOMGWTFBBQ that's a terrible subject by Fletch
in thread DBD::mysql::st execute failed by jmccall

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