Hey Perl Monks, I am really stuck! I have a Perl program that executes the following code snippet: 
$InsertIntoMetar = <<SQL;
REPLACE INTO Metar 
SELECT
    *,NULL
FROM 
    Deduped_Metars_No_Errors a;
SQL

..............

$sth  = $dbh->prepare($InsertIntoMetar)
    or die "Can't prepare $InsertIntoMetar: $dbh->errstr\n";
    $rv   = $sth->execute                                             
+               ##Insert into production Metar table.
    or die "can't execute the query: $sth->errstr";

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The script dies with the following on the command line: 
can't execute the query: DBI:: st=HASH(0x1a07924)-> errstr at Load_Met
+ar_New1.pl line 600. Line 600 is the line that contains the $rv   = $
+sth->execute shown above.

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The interesting thing is that I can cut and paste the SQL contained in the prepare portion of the $LoadIntoMetar into a SQLYog window and it executes just fine!! Thoughts Anyone?

In reply to Strange Execute Issue from PERL by LHowell

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