$dbh->quote_identifier is the portable version of escape_name

my $table = 'sometable';
my @cols = qw( id name );
my @vals = qw( 3 somename );

my $stmt = "INSERT INTO "
         . $dbh->quote_identifier($table)
         . " ("
         . join(', ', map { $dbh->quote_identifier($_) } @cols)
         . ") VALUES ("
         . join(', ', (?) x @cols)
         . ")";

my $sth = $dbh->prepare($stmt);

$sth->execute(@vals);
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