Solved using the substitution as opposed to the chomp.

DOG GONE! Now I just feel stupid! Yes I assumed chomp would do what it obviously didn't do...and I was making the issue harder than it actually was...a lesson learned.

I also change the interpolating directly into the SQL Statement to use a placeholder with a validation check of the initial passed groupName from the client.

Thanks for y'alls help on this...I really appreciate it.

Many thanks,
Danny