in reply to Perl $dbh->prepare failed

just a guess..your database handle is out of scope when you're in the second script. you'll need to pass the handle to the second script..by reference.
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Re^2: Perl $dbh->prepare failed
by thil (Sexton) on Sep 12, 2006 at 12:27 UTC
    The database handler is again created in the second script. The connection is alive till the error occurs.
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