This is not a DBI issue. If you want to know about these types of constructs, please refer to the following docs:
1. The Perl man pages - In your case, http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl/pod/perlop.pod and http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl/pod/perlre.pod 2. The camel book - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnperl4/ and The Perl Cookbook - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlckbk2/ -----Original Message----- From: Amar P. Singh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 11:03 PM To: dbi-users@perl.org Subject: Perl script Hi All, This is my first email to the group and I hope that I landed in the correct place. Ok now coming to the problem. Can someone explain to me that what this script is doing. I want to know the meaning of all the lines in the script. $val = defined $val ? $val : "null"; $val =~ s/\'/$& x 2/eg; # double pad single quote character ' Please help me out understand the meaning of the lines above. With Regards, Amar P Singh desk: +91 124 4167037 mobile: +91 (0) 9810788298 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This electronic message transmission is a PRIVATE communication which contains information which may be confidential or privileged. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please notify the sender of the delivery error by replying to this message, or notify us by telephone (877-633-2436, ext. 0), and then delete it from your system.
