I currently have a reporting cgi that takes html form output to perl cgi scripts that store the data into a flat file and e-mails the notification to distrobution lists.

I have been asked to expand this to not only cover my department but also some others in the company. To do this I need to import the data into a MySQL database. I wrote a short insert script that works for many of the entries, but any entry that contains cerain characters, like the ', it will errror out.

I have condensed the script to the offending section and included a CLI output for your parsing. Of course, db and server information has been changed to protect my company and myself.

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

###########################################################
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use DBI;

my ($st) = 0;
if ( &db_connect() ) { 
    exit (1); 
}
print "Please insert some text:  ";
$sometext = <STDIN>;
chomp ($sometext);
$sql = qq { insert into my_table (update_1) values ('$sometext') };
$sth = $dbh->prepare($sql);
$sth->execute();
if ( $DBI::err ) {
    if ( $DBI::err == 1062) {
        print "\nDatabase server error: $DBI::err \n";
        print "Record already exists in database. \n";
        $st++;
    }
    else {
        print "Database server error: $DBI::err \n";
        $st++;
    }
}
$dbh->disconnect();

sub db_connect {
    my $user = "user";
    my $pass = 'password';
    my ($st) = 0;
    $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:mysql:host=my.work.domain", $user, $pass)
+ or die "Database Connection not made: $DBI::errstr \n";
    if ( ! $dbh ) { 
        print "Error opening database: \n $DBI::err \n $DBI::errstr \n
+"; $st++;
    }
    $dbh->do("use mydb");
    return ($st);
}
############################################################

[download]
root@myserver scripts# perl migrate_data_short.pl
Please insert some text: An alarm was triggered for an OC-48 between Seattle (cr1.sea20)  and Pullman, WA (PLMNWA-rtr2). Pullman shows having a redundant link out through Moscow, to Coeur d'Alane which then connects to Seattle (cr0.sea20). Heath at NTI was contacted to investigate the circuit.

DBD::mysql::st execute failed: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'Alane which then connects to Seattle (cr0.sea20). Heath at NTI was contacted to ' at line 1 at migrate_data_short.pl line 14, <STDIN> line 1.
Database server error: 1064
root@myserver scripts#

If I omit the ' from "Coeur d'Alane" it posts just fine. How do I get chacters like this to be inserted to my db/table?

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