Try like that 
my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysqlPP:host=localhost;database=foo",'bar'
+,'baz',{ AutoCommit => 1, RaiseError => 1, PrintErrors=>1}) or die "C
+annot connect";

... some stuff...

foreach my $color (@color){

            # trim whitespace
                   $color =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//gm;

                #  see if the color already exists in the color table.
                   my $rowCheckQuery = qq{SELECT color_id FROM color W
+HERE color=?};
                my $sth = $dbh->prepare($rowCheckQuery);
                $sth->bind($color);
                $sth->execute() or die $dbh->errstr;
}

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In reply to Re: Having issues with DBI by woodpeaker
in thread Having issues with DBI by zoophagous

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