in reply to Module and variable place holders?

print ' blah blah @this blah $that blah $that $blah $blah $blash $blah
+ $blah';

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will print  blah blah @this blah $that blah $that $blah $blah $blash $blah $blah as expected (single quotes don't interpolate). When you prepare, you're generally supposed to use placeholders, see Tutorials for a tutorial on placeholders (or see the DBI documentation).

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