Quote function is not supposed to quote ? character.
You must do as follows:
> my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:Pg:dbname=test", "postgres", "");
> my $val = q!\'?:!
> my $sth = $dbh->prepare("INSERT INTO foo (a) values (?)");
> $sth->execute($val);
(And no explicit calls to quote are necessary)
On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Alex Krohn wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I came across this problem that seems to be with DBD::Pg's quote
> function that is easily reproducible. This test script:
>
> my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:Pg:dbname=test", "postgres", "");
> my $val = $dbh->quote(q!\'?:!);
> print "val: $val\n";
> my $sth = $dbh->prepare("INSERT INTO foo (a) values ($val)");
> $sth->execute;
>
> produces:
>
> DBD::Pg::st execute failed: parameter unknown at mytest.pl line 6.
>
> If I use mysql, or Oracle, as a driver, it works as expected. I searched
> through the list, and the only answer seemed to be to use placeholders,
> which isn't really an option in my situation.
>
> Any ideas on workarounds, or a patch to DBD::Pg would be great.
>
> Please cc me any replies as I'm not on the list.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alex
>
>
