thanks for your help, I have now got the following to work 

use DBI;  
use CGI; 
$dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:mysql:Database','root','password')
or die "Connection Error: $DBI::errstr\n";

#my $sth = $dbh->prepare("insert into logintbl(username, password) val
+ues('jones2010','password') "); 
#my $sth2 = $dbh->prepare("insert into studenttbl(fname,lname,grade,DO
+B,email,tel_no,membertype,username) VALUES ('jamie','batty','7thkyu',
+'1988/07/21','battydave&#64hotmail.com','012345234543','monthly pay',
+'jones2010')");
#$sth->execute();
#$dbh->disconnect;

$dbh->{AutoCommit} = 0; # disable auto-commit
$dbh->do ("insert into logintbl(username, password) values('jones2100'
+,'password')");
$dbh->do ("insert into studenttbl(fname,lname,grade,DOB,email,tel_no,m
+embertype,username) VALUES ('jamie','batty','7thkyu','1988/07/21','ba
+ttydave&#64hotmail.com','01234523454','monthly pay','jones2010')");
$dbh->commit();

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I shull now focus on gettng the O'NEIL problem fixed....tomorrow lol!

Thanks again! bogglemaster89.

In reply to Re: perl to write to more than one table in a database at the same time (or call anotherscript to do one) by bogglemaster89
in thread perl to write to more than one table in a database at the same time (or call anotherscript to do one) by bogglemaster89

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