hi, I am trying to run an INSERT command from Perl, and encounter the following error: 
DBD::mysql::st execute failed: Query was empty at otest.pl line 56.
SQL error:$DBI::errstr

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so, I wrote a print command to see the output on my screen and that produces the results fine. here's the print and the insert command....I suspect I might not be using the right syntax in my INSERT command....can you please help me fix it/point me in the right direction...thx! 
print "Symbol: $h1{'symbol'}\tExpn_date: $exp\tStrike: $h1{'strike'}\t
+Bid: $h1{'bid'}\tAsk: $h1{'ask'}\tLast: $h1{'last'}\tOpen: $h1{'open'
+}\tVolume: $h1{'volume'}\n ";

my $ins_rec="INSERT INTO $table (symbol,expn_dt,strike,open,bid,ask,la
+st,volume) VALUES(\'$h1{'symbol'}\',\'$exp\',\'$h1{'strike'}\',\'$h1{
+'open'}\',\'$h1{'bid'}\',\'$h1{'ask'}\',\'$h1{'last'}\',\'$h1{'volume
+'}\');";

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Thank you for your replies. Dave, I did use DBI 
my $dbh=DBI->connect($dsn,$user,$pwd) || die "could not connect to dat
+abase:$error\n";

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NetWallah,this is the code for the INSERT string being applied to the database. 
  my $sth=$dbh->prepare($ins_rec);

     $sth->execute || die "SQL error:$error\n";

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When I print $ins_rec, I get a blank... <code> my ins_rec is DBD::mysql::st execute failed: Query was empty at otest.pl line 57. SQL error:$DBI::errstr <code>

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