hi, I have the following code: 
 my $tdate = $fields[0];
  print "$tdate\n";
my $trade_dt=UnixDate($tdate,"%Y-%m-%d");
#  my $trade_dt = DATE(\"$tdate\");
  print "$trade_dt\n";
my $ins_rec = "INSERT IGNORE INTO $tblname(\`trade_dt\`,\`symbol\`) va
+lues (?,?);";

my $sth=$dbh->prepare($ins_rec);
$sth->execute($trade_dt,$symbol);
$sth->finish;

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and when I run it, I get the following message: 
"10/14/2011"
Use of uninitialized value $trade_dt in concatenation (.) or string at
+ Set.data.pl line 42, <FIN> line 1.

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any thoughts on how I can fix it....it is obviously reading the date correctly from the file as the print statement shows the correct date, but I am obviously making an error in the INSERT statement.

In reply to inserting date into mysql by baperl

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