Hi there,

I am trying to create a perl program that will be able to retrieve a string from a SQL database and print it out.

Simple enough, but in order for the string to make sense wherever it gets printed out, it depends on the values of various variables at that point in the program.

So in my program if I have some variables like: 
$me = "John";
$friend = "Jim";
$numberInGroup = 2;

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And in the SQL database I have some strings like

'Hello, $me, it's great to see you. I see you have brought $friend as well!'

'Ah, $me and $friend, just who I wanted to catch up with!'

'$me ? $friend ? What are you $numberInGroup doing here?'

Is there a way to format either the query to the sql database or a way to formet the strings when they are put into the database so that the program will print out the value of the variable rather than literally "$me" "$friend" and "$numberInGroup" ?

Once put into the database the strings should never need to be edited, except for correcting spelling errors, etc.

Alternatively, is there a completely different way to do this?

In reply to printing a string from an sql field that contains a variable by Anonymous Monk

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