Mysql select and store one field

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Is there an easier way to recieve one piece of data from a mysql query? I really am only selecting one field. (SELECT post FROM tablename WHERE url="$url").

All I'm trying to do is get that variable to $this. All the references I see online show

while (@row = $sth->fetchrow_array)
{     
  print "@row\n" 
}
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Which seems above and beyond what I need it to do. Is there any better way to do what I need?

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Re: Mysql select and store one field by moritz (Cardinal) on Sep 07, 2011 at 19:54 UTC
When you retrieve only one row, there's no need for a loop. You can simply write `my ($post) = $sth->fetchrow_array;` [download] Perl 6 - second systems done right	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Mysql select and store one field by nedals (Deacon) on Sep 08, 2011 at 00:12 UTC
`my ($post) = $dbh->selectrow_array("SELECT post FROM tablename WHERE u +rl=?", {}, $url);` [download] Uses placeholders to prevent SQL injection but I would still validate the $url if it's comming from outside the script. This assumes you are only expecting one row to be returned.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Mysql select and store one field by suaveant (Parson) on Sep 07, 2011 at 20:01 UTC
or `print $sth->fetchrow_array,"\n";` [download] - Ant - Some of my best work - (1 2 3)	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Mysql select and store one field by Anonymous Monk on Sep 07, 2011 at 21:02 UTC
Also, to avoid the Bobby Tables problem, be sure to pass the content of `$url` as a parameter to the query .. never, ever, EVER by direct inclusion into a string variable!	[reply]