1. The DBI module can compare the number of placeholders to the size of the array, and tell you if there's a mismatch (rather than waiting for the database to tell you. So it's less work on the database, and more independent).
  2. Without placeholders, the database is being passed a different (lexically) statement every time, and has to parse it each time (which is overhead). The place holders version only needs preparing once, and then just gets the appropriate values filled in (which is less database work).

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In reply to Re: Re: Re: Re: DBI Multidimensional array by tommyw
in thread DBI Multidimensional array by keithbas

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