Re: DBI Conundrum Using CGI::App

If your media code is a number could it be failing because the number is quoted? I tend to use ? instead of quote because i think it does the right thing more often but that might just be my ignorance ;) Either way you should verify that the SQL getting generated is what you expect and that the prepare isn't failing, i've had prepare fail pretty silently in the past. Check your error logs and print out the SQL it generates to make sure that is all working as expected.

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Re^2: DBI Conundrum Using CGI::App by Tanktalus (Canon) on Jul 06, 2006 at 19:50 UTC
Your ignorance? I think that the rule is that you only quote when you have to, and bind your parameters at all other times. Which pretty much means a borked driver, I think, where it doesn't handle quoting for you, and neither does the database backend (if any). So, if anything, your only ignorance might be saying you're ignorant about using ? instead of quote ;-) Update: ok, that might have been confusing. You're absolutely right - use ? over quote(). Everytime. Unless, of course, the DBD doesn't support ?.	[reply]
Re^3: DBI Conundrum Using CGI::App by eric256 (Parson) on Jul 06, 2006 at 20:46 UTC
Jsut to clafiy, because now you've confused me: I use ? and it seems to quote exactly when i would expect it to. Which means treating numbers correctly. I avoid ->quote() as much as possible becuase it didnt' seem to DWIM as often as ? did and ? looks better to me. ;) So I think that the OP might need to say `column="$quoted_string"` or `column = ?` and pass it an unquoted string. ___________ Eric Hodges	[reply] [d/l] [select]


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