it was indeed a scoping problem...I fixed it. it runs and it inserts records into the database, but it gives a new error now: 
DBD::mysql::db do failed: Unknown column 'N' in 'field list' at otest.
+pl line 52.

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I am perplexed...it says do failed, but it did insert the records and it does it all correctly...then why the error? this is my updated code: 

my $dbh=DBI->connect($dsn,$user,$pwd);

      foreach my $hr1 (@calls) 
      {
      my %h1 = %{$hr1};

          next unless defined $h1{'symbol'};
      
    my $ins_rec="INSERT INTO $table (symbol,valuation_dt,expn_dt,strik
+e,open,bid,ask,last,volume) VALUES(\'$h1{'symbol'}\',now(),\'$exp\',$
+h1{'strike'},$h1{'open'},$h1{'bid'},$h1{'ask'},$h1{'last'},$h1{'volum
+e'});";
   print "my ins_rec is $ins_rec\n";
      my $sth=$dbh->do($ins_rec);
      }

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In reply to Re^4: MySQL INSERT in Perl by baperl
in thread MySQL INSERT in Perl by baperl

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