Try this at the cpan command line prompt:
cpan> m DBI
it should tell you what the current CPAN version is, and what
the current install version(yours) is.
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Hardy Merrill
Mission Critical Linux, Inc.
http://www.missioncriticallinux.com
Jeff Thies [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> This is an update to a previous SQL error post. The problem is in the
> placeholders.
>
> This fails:
>
> my $sql=q{INSERT INTO some_table(some_field) values(?)};
> my $sth=$dbh->prepare($sql);
> $sth->execute('some variable with a colon: in it');
>
> This is OK:
> my $sql=q{INSERT INTO some_table(some_field) values('some variable with
> a colon: in it')};
> my $sth=$dbh->prepare($sql);
> $sth->execute();
>
> as does a command line insert.
>
> There seems to be a problem with the placeholder. I don't recall having
> a problem like this before, so I suspect a DBI update by my webhost.
>
> How do I retrieve the DBI version?
>
> Jeff
