No closing quotes in prepare.
Also, I've never seen code that's looks quite like that; this may be
cleaner:
$sth=$dbh->prepare("SELECT Contacts FROM Info WHERE Name=%$sname%");
$sth->execute();
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From: "Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 9:49 AM
Subject: help please, patter matching problem
> mysql and Perl
>
> Can someone tell me what's wrong with this code:
>
> $sth=$dbh->prepare("SELECT Contacts FROM Info WHERE Name=?);
>
> $sth->execute("%$sname%");
>
> $dname = $sth->fetchrow_array;
>
> $names is supposed to be a substring. So if I want to search for a middle
> name or just a first name or even a last name.
>
> Any help is greately appreciated.
>
> Daniel.
>
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