----- Original Message -----
From: Sherry Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 8:55 PM
Subject: Re: Use of Null
> The problem with using the execute to call the variables, is that the last
one
>
> is bind_param_inout. I don't know of a way to tell the execute call that
it
> needs to put a value in that parameter.
>
> But, just for testing sake, I put all the variables in the execute. I did
>
> $patient_title = $dbh->quote($patient_title);
>
> before the execute. The program did not core dump this time, and it
inserted
> the row, but to my great surprise, it inserted the word NULL instead of
the
> value NULL.
Sounds logical. undef would be translated to the keyword NULL.
Quoting that would give NULL.
What exactly do yuo mean by a core dump.
Dit the script die with a DBI error message, or did the process core dump?
Does the field patient title allow null values?
Maarten.
