in reply to Maximum DBI query length?

I have never run across any limitations with MySQL (and I have had some large honking queries). Can you give us some code, and errors, and what makes you think (know) it is being chopped off? Let us see through your eyes, man! :)

Cheers,
KM

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Re: Re: Maximum DBI query length?
by Merlin83 (Novice) on May 07, 2001 at 21:39 UTC
    Very well. Here's the code that prepares the query.... 
    my $sthQuery = $dbh->prepare('SELECT contact.forename, contact.surname
+, business.occupation, acn.position, contact.city, contact.country AS
+ forename, surname, occupation, position, city, country WHERE    cont
+act.ruid=business.ruid AND contact.ruid=acn.ruid AND forename LIKE ? 
+AND surname LIKE ? AND occupation LIKE ? AND position LIKE ? AND city
+ LIKE ? AND country LIKE ?')
        or die "Couldn't prepare query: " . $dbh->errstr;

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    And here's the page (it's a CGI script) that makes me think it's being chopped off... 
    Software error:
Couldn't execute query: You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'WHE
+RE contact.ruid=business.ruid AND contact.ruid=acn.ruid AND forename 
+LIKE 'jo' at line 1 at /home/httpd/cgi-bin/basicsearch.cgi line 71.

For help, please send mail to the webmaster (dan@timmy), giving this e
+rror message and the time and date of the error.

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      The bug is not in DBD::mysql, but in your SQL: there's no FROM.
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        Oops, I thought the 'table.column' notation obviated the need for that. What should I be putting for the SQL query then?
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      As an aside (yes, I know the SQL is missing a FROM clause) that particular SQL statement is not really that long. Once you start programming a bit more, SQL statements 10x as long as that can become the norm. I highly recommend you start developing a better style to handle the SQL (for aesthetic, as well as other reasons). Try putting the SQL in a variable and then stick that variable into the prepare, like this: 
      my $CONTACT_SQL = "
SELECT C.forename, C.surname, B.occupation, A.position, C.city, 
       C.country AS forename, surname, occupation, position, city, cou
+ntry 
FROM   ACN A, BUSINESS B, CONTACTS C
WHERE  C.ruid=B.ruid
  AND  C.ruid=A.ruid
  AND  forename LIKE ?
  AND  surname LIKE ?
  AND  occupation LIKE ?
  AND  position LIKE ?
  AND  city LIKE ?
  AND country LIKE ?";

my $sthQuery = $dbh->prepare($CONTACT_SQL)
  or die "Couldn't prepare query: $DBI::errstr";

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      You have no FROM in your SQL. I suggest finding one of the numerous SQL tutorials on the web (starting with the one on the MySQL website) and looking at the syntax (since this problem isn't Perl related). But, you will need to add: 

      FROM contact, business, acn

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      In your query.

      Cheers,
      KM

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