this is what I did, and it doesn't like it...
I seem to run into problems using prepare/execute, and they seem to disappear when I use do
my $ins_rec="INSERT INTO $table (symbol,valuation_dt,expn_dt,strike,op
+en,bid,ask,last,volume) VALUES(?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?);";
# print "my ins_rec is $ins_rec\n";
my $sth=$dbh->prepare($ins_rec);
$sth->execute(\'$h1{'symbol'}\',now(),\'$exp\',$h1{'strike'},$h1
+{'open'},$h1{'bid'},$h1{'ask'},$h1{'last'},$h1{'volume'});