DBD::mysql driver and DELIMITER

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

Here's a general snippet of code that I can't get to work. How do you set the DBD::mysql delimiter for installing functions with it? I've gotten this to work in the past, but I lost the code:

my $sth = $dbh->prepare("DELIMITER //");
$sth->execute();
exit;
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DBD::mysql::st execute failed: You have an error in your SQL syntax; c
+heck the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the
+ right syntax to use near 'DELIMITER //' at line 1 at /root/test.pl l
+ine 22, <FH> line 8.
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root@vagrant:~# perl -MDBI -e 'DBI->installed_versions'
  Perl            : 5.010001    (i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi)
  OS              : linux    (2.6.32-5-686)
  DBI             : 1.612
  DBD::mysql      : 4.016
  DBD::Sponge     : 12.010002
  DBD::Proxy      : 0.2004
  DBD::Gofer      : 0.014123
  DBD::File       : 0.39
  DBD::ExampleP   : 12.010007
  DBD::DBM        : 0.05
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This is one of those things where I'm not sure of what to google for to get the right answer. A pointer would be great. Thanks!

--jaybonci

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Re: DBD::mysql driver and DELIMITER by frozenwithjoy (Priest) on Jul 06, 2012 at 04:48 UTC
I looked around and I saw syntax like: `$dbh->prepare("COPY $names TO ? WITH DELIMITER AS #");` Maybe mess with yours a bit using this as a starting point? It might be as simple as writing: `"DELIMITER AS //"` Good luck!	[reply] [d/l] [select]