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I have a mysql database on our Web server. If I run mysqladmin (via telnet) I can query the database and everything works fine. I run this exact SELECT statement and it returns 189 records.

As I try to do this in Perl, I come across a statement I don't understand.

Here's the code and error:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
     
    use strict;
    use DBI;
    use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);
    use CGI qw (:standard);
    print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
    

     my $dbh = DBI->connect(qq{DBI:mysql:f_dir=/usr/local//subscriptio
+ns}, {RaiseError => 1} );

     my $sth = $dbh->prepare( q{SELECT email FROM contacts WHERE state
+ = ?} );

     my $rc = $sth->execute('OH');

     print "Query will return $sth->{NUM_OF_FIELDS} fields.\n\n";
     
     while (my @result = $sth->fetchrow_array()) {
        print "@result\n";
        }
        

     # check for problems which may have terminated the fetch early
     die $sth->errstr if $sth->err;
     
     $dbh->disconnect;
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fetch() without execute() at /usr/local/cgi-bin/DBI_mysql_01.pl line 20.(the line that checks for problems which may have terminated the fetch early).

I have DBI installed. DBD::mysql installed.

I can't find this problem in any docs. Can someone please give it a glance and tell me the obvious?

Super thanks -
peppiv

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In reply to DBI::mysql fetch() without execute() PROBLEM by peppiv

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