#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use DBI qw( SQL_INTEGER ); my $dbh=DBI->connect('dbi:Pg:dbname=postgres','postgres','postgres',{ RaiseError => 1 }); my $sth=$dbh->prepare('select ? as answer'); $sth->bind_param(1,42,SQL_INTEGER); $sth->execute(); $sth->dump_results();