I am using a form to send data, and I want to write that data to a MySQL Database. Everything I have tried, connects to the database, but will not write to the table. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? Below is the code I am using, it has already been validated:

use DBI;
use strict;

my $dbh = DBI->connect('DBI:mysql:gailbord_teachcoll', 'gailbord_admin
+', 'thotwp2') || die "Could not connect to database: $DBI::errstr";

my $affInfo = $dbh->do ('INSERT into teach_info (pickup, pmonth, pday,
+ pyear) values ($pickup, $pmonth, $pday, $pyear)');

print "$affInfo Row Added\n";

$dbh->disconnect();
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I have also used as a variation:

my $dbh = DBI->connect('DBI:mysql:gailbord_teachcoll', 'gailbord_admin
+', 'thotwp2') or die "Unable to connect: $DBI::errstr\n";

my $sql = "INSERT into teach_info (pickup, pmonth, pday, pyear) values
+ ($pickup, $pmonth, $pday, $pyear)";

my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql);
$sth->execute();
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I have tried variation after variation from help from the web and books. I am sure the code above worked a few years ago, and after trying everything else, I believe it should still work, I just need some advice. I understand what it is doing, I use php to do the same, but want work with PERL. The connection works, I proved that by mistyping the password, and got an error, and I used my $info = $dbh->{'mysql_hostinfo'}; and got back: Localhost via UNIX socket.

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