Having some trouble first time using MySQL from Perl. Here are the few lines I'm trying to add an entry into my database and it isnt working. Heres the top few lines of the script and the few lines causing problems:
#=== Top portion
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use DBI;
use CGI;

#=== rest of code
$tmpStr = "INSERT INTO employee (EMPLOYEE.ID, EMPLOY.FIRST.NAME, EMPLO
+Y.LAST.NAME, ADDRESS.LINE.1, ADDRESS.LINE.2, ADDRESS.LINE.3) " .
                           "VALUES ('1000', '".$q->param("EMPLOY.FIRST
+.NAME")."', '".$q->param("EMPLOY.LAST.NAME")."', '".
                           $q->param("ADDRESS.LINE.1")."', '".$q->para
+m("ADDRESS.LINE.2")."', '".$q->param("ADDRESS.LINE.3")."')";
        $queryObj = $db_handle->prepare($tmpStr);
        $queryObj->execute or die "Could not execute command";

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Here's the error :
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\cgi-bin\EmployMtce.pl line 13. DBD::mysql::st execute failed: Unknown column 'EMPLOY.FIRST.NAME' in 'field list' at C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\cgi-bin\EmployMtce.pl line 17. Could not execute command at C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\cgi-bin\EmployMtce.pl line 17.

2006-09-09 Retitled by Arunbear, as per Monastery guidelines
Original title: 'MySQL'

In reply to Error adding a record into a MySQL table: 'Unknown column ...' by stanleyscup

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