Just in case it's not clear to you, the "placeholders" are the question marks in the VALUES part of the sql ;-)
>>> "Ronald J Kimball" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3/31/2005 2:36 PM >>> Ron Stephan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Placeholders? > > Like how? Here's a quick example: my $sth = $dbh->prepare(<<"EndOfSQL"); INSERT INTO mytable (col1, col2) VALUES (?, ?) EndOfSQL $sth->execute($val1, $val2); The DBI documentation has more details. Ronald