What almut is talking about:

#instead of:
$sql = qq { insert into my_table (update_1) values ('$sometext') };
$sth = $dbh->prepare($sql);
$sth->execute();

#use placeholders:
$sql = qq { insert into my_table (update_1) values (?) };
$sth = $dbh->prepare($sql);
$sth->execute($sometext);

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First, it will do all the escaping for you, second, will protect your script against injection attacks.

BTW, if you are going to do a lot of this, you should look at a framework like CGI::Application that does a lot of the heavy lifting for you.

—Brad
"The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men." George Eliot

In reply to Re: MySQL question by bradcathey
in thread MySQL question by Dranzaz

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