The examples under "Data Types for Column Binding" don't execute.
This is because the second argument to bind_col() should be a scalar
ref, and the examples just use C<undef>. Should it be C<\undef>?
Best,
David
Index: DBI.pm
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--- DBI.pm (revision 6348)
+++ DBI.pm (working copy)
@@ -5893,7 +5893,7 @@
The C<\%attr> parameter can be used to hint at the data type
formatting the column should have. For example, you can use:
- $sth->bind_col(1, undef, { TYPE => SQL_DATETIME });
+ $sth->bind_col(1, \undef, { TYPE => SQL_DATETIME });
to specify that you'd like the column (which presumably is some
kind of datetime type) to be returned in the standard format for
@@ -5908,7 +5908,7 @@
directly, in place of the C<\%attr> hash reference. This example is
equivalent to the one above:
- $sth->bind_col(1, undef, SQL_DATETIME);
+ $sth->bind_col(1, \undef, SQL_DATETIME);
The C<TYPE> value indicates the standard (non-driver-specific) type for
this parameter. To specify the driver-specific type, the driver may
