RE: prepare failed with invalid character

[Laurie Gennari]

Doh! Worked like a charm. Many thanx!

ltg

>   $getBlockSizeSQL = "select blocksize from sys_dba_segs where
segment_name
> = 'DUAL';";
         ^^^

I made this mistake myself the other day.  Remove the semicolon at the end
of the SQL statement.  That's the invalid character it's complaining
about.  (Okay for sqlplus, but not for DBI.  :)