Hello monks...

I think that this should work: 
my $sql1 = qq{ INSERT INTO table VALUES (
    current_timestamp,
    ?
    )
    }; 

$dbh->do ($sql1,undef,$var);

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"table" has two columns to hold timestamp and varchar. $var is getting set correctly. And when I run this code, I get 
execute called with 1 bind variables, 0 needed at /usr/lib/perl5/vendo
+r_perl/5.8.3/i586-linux-thread-multi/DBI.pm line 1383.

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I have tried using two ?s and replacing undef with current_timestamp, but that didn't help. I've also tried "do ($sql1,,$var)", which yields the message 
DBI::st=HASH(0x8357038)->_prepare(...): attribute parameter '<contents
+ of $var>' is not a hash ref at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.3/i586
+-linux-thread-multi/DBD/Pg.pm line 146.

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Any suggestions to get this INSERT to work would be appreciated.

In reply to DBD::Pg placeholder problem by McMahon

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