Thank you. I scaled down the SQL and tested it in SQL (records returned) and then in the script(no records returned). This is bizarre to me. Actually it it is a string with the values being for example "1-99999"
Does perl default to a string? If I put "" or '' around the? Like so '?' Or "?", I get an error message therefore I know I am not going down the write path. Could it have something to do with permissions? I have them set for execute. Thanks Lance -----Original Message----- From: Chas Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 4:11 PM To: Lance Prais Cc: Perl Subject: RE: Problem reading a file and passing a variable On Wed, 2002-05-29 at 17:05, Lance Prais wrote: > [Chas], > Thank you, you made me realize the value of indention like never before. > In the past I used the "=?" to return results form the query but in this > case when I used in and run this script it does not error out but instead > the query returns no values? Could that be because there are leading or > trailing spaces. My understanding is that the Chomp would take care of that. > Am I wrong in my assumption? > > Thanks again > Lance > The chomp function removes the trailing newline character (actually it removes whatever is in $/ variable, but that is usually \n so it doesn't really matter). In this case $ln looks like a number so you could say "$ln += 0;" which would force $ln to contain a number instead of a string (thus getting rid of spaces). If spaces are not the problem then try running the query by hand in sql*plus (or toad if you have it) to make sure it is not a problem with the query. -- Today is Prickle-Prickle the 3rd day of Confusion in the YOLD 3168 This statement is false. Missile Address: 33:48:3.521N 84:23:34.786W -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
