If $p is a ref to a tied hash then the problem is probably DBD::mysql not
calling the 'get magic' to trigger the actual FETCH from the hash.
Tim.
On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 11:52:49AM -0500, Rudy Lippan wrote:
> >
> > I am not sure it is DBI problem or CGI problem.
> > After looking the document of CGI::Vars,
> >
>
> I did a quick test, and it looks like a DBD::mysql issue.
>
>
> Output using DBD::Pg
>
> REF:HASH(0x82a3518):
> DEFREF:foo:
> QUOTE:'foo':
>
>
> And when using DBD::mysql:
>
> REF:HASH(0x823ae28):
> DEFREF:foo:
> QUOTE:NULL:
>
>
> And the code:
> use strict;
> use warnings;
> use DBI;
> use CGI;
>
> my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:Pg:dbname=rlippan","","");
> my $cgi = new CGI;
>
> $cgi->param('abc' => 'foo');
>
> my $p = $cgi->Vars;
> print "REF:".$p.":";
> print "DEFREF:".$p->{'abc'}.":";
> print "QUOTE:".$dbh->quote($p->{'abc'}).":";
>
> $dbh->disconnect;
>
>
>
> -Rudy
>
