By way of update, I have also tried the following suggested method and no change is noted in the outcome of doing it this way vs. the original way.

The suggestion was to try first preparing a statement and then executing it rather than simply calling $dbh->do()...

   my($sql) = <<__SQL__;
INSERT INTO comments (
   photologid,
   name,
   email,
   comments,
   ipaddr,
   comment_date
) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,NOW())
__SQL__

   my($sth) = $dbh->prepare($sql) or do {
      cgi_error(qq{Couldn't add visitor comments.  We're sorry!});
      notify_admin(<<__ERR__)
Problem adding visitor comments to photolog id "$plogid"!
$DBI::errstr
__ERR__
   };

   warn $DBI::errstr if $DBI::errstr;

   $sth->execute(
      $plogid,
      $name,
      $email,
      $comments,
      ( $ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'} || '000.000.000.000' )
   ) or do {
      cgi_error(qq{Couldn't add visitor comments.  We're sorry!});
      notify_admin(<<__ERR__)
Problem adding visitor comments to photolog id "$plogid"!
$DBI::errstr
__ERR__
   };

   warn $DBI::errstr if $DBI::errstr;

   my($msgid) = $dbh->{'mysql_insertid'};
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