I am working with the INSERT code in Perl, which was initially: 
my $in_rec="INSERT INTO $table (name,trans_date,price) VALUES(\'$name\
+',\'$dt\',\'$prc\');";
my $sth=$dbh->prepare($in_rec);

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this inserted NULL into date, so I rewrote it as: 
my $tdt="select str_to_date(\'$dt\','%m/%d/%Y');";

my $in_rec="INSERT INTO $table (name,trans_date,price) VALUES(\'$name\
+',\'$tdt\',\'$prc\');";
my $sth=$dbh->prepare($in_rec);

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but then I get the following error: 
DBD::mysql::st execute failed: You have an error in your SQL syntax; c
+heck the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the
+ right syntax to use near '07/29/2011','%m/%d/%Y');','30.53')' at lin
+e 1 at test.pl line 34.
SQL error:$DBI::errstr

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is there a way I can include the STR_TO_DATE within my INSERT statement itself? can you please help me fix this...thanks!

In reply to STR_TO_DATE in Perl code by baperl

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