Hi Monks!
I have this array with user numbers that will be passed by a html form. I have to insert them into a database, but I am afraid that instead of the expected 4 user's numbers I could be getting 2 or 3 or 1, in that case the bindings "?" will fail right? How could I pass a null to the database if I dont get the 4 numbers without breaking the code?
...
my $dbh_in = test->connect_mysql(); 
my $sth_in = $dbh_in->prepare("insert into my_table(name_1,name_2,name
+_3,name_4) 
values(?, ?, ?, ?) where user='$user'")"                              
+               or &die("Can't add data, please try again later! ",$db
+h_in->errmsg); 
foreach my $name (@names) { #got this array from the form
  my @fields = $name;
$sth->execute(@fields);
}
$dbh_in->disconnect();

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In reply to Array values into a database help! by Anonymous Monk

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