Given the code and the (detail-challenged) problem description, there is a (small) chance that "the summarized code I am using" is:

  1. not the actual code but instead, a summary which masks some error in OP's (presumed) actual code
    or
  2. is a fragment of the actual code.

In case 1, the error might be revealed to OP at his/her console.

In case 2 both cases, the fragment doesn't pass perl -c junk3.pl:

Scalar found where operator expected at F:\_Perl_\pl_test\junk3.pl lin
+e 11, near "$query"
        (Missing semicolon on previous line?)
syntax error at F:\_Perl_\pl_test\junk3.pl line 11, near "$query "
F:\_Perl_\pl_test\junk3.pl had compilation errors.

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which reveals the missing ";" just before OP's "#" at position (1 based) 82 in what I infer the OP is referring to when saying "It is just skipping over insert line like it didn't exist, "

Sometimes, an observation or question about these pragmata is not merely boilerplate nor blind kowtowing to conventional wisdom.

Update: s/case 2/both cases/ since the following statement is equally applicable in both cases.

In reply to Re^3: DBI not erroring out on Insert by ww
in thread DBI not erroring out on Insert by rethaew

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