Re: Perl DBI question

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You should not be using the "do" method, but the prepare/execute model
instead. Using placeholders can not only be more efficient but allows
quoting to happen properly. Here is a rewrite:

#--Establish the DB connection
#--Assign the DB name
my $dbName = 'checkbook';
my $dbuser = "joe";
my $dbpass = "sixpak";

my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:Pg:dbname=$dbName", $dbuser, $dbpass, {AutoCommit=>1, RaiseError=>1})
or die "Could not connect to the database: $DBI::errstr\n";

my $SQL = "
INSERT INTO transactions (date,description,amount,confirmation,nameid,typeid)
VALUES (? ,? ,? ,? ,? ,? )";

my $sth = $dbh->prepare($SQL);

my $count = $sth->execute($datePaid,$description,$amount, $confirmation,$nameid,$typeid);

print "Insert count: $count\n";

It is hard to tell why your inserts are going wrong without more information, but
the RaiseError should at least help catch some obvious errors.

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Greg Sabino Mullane greg(at)turnstep(dot)com
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