On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 09:44:37AM -0500, Jefferies, Brian wrote:
> Why does this example work...
>
> $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:database=$database:host=$hostname",
> $user, $password)
>
> ...but this doesn't...
>
> $connect_string = qq("DBI:mysql:database=$database:host=$hostname",
> $user, $password);
> $dbh = DBI->connect($connect_string)
With the qq() you don't need the quotes. In the first example, the
string you are passing is
DBI:mysql:database=$database:host=$hostname
(with variable substitution), in the second example the string is
"DBI:mysql:database=$database:host=$hostname"
(with variable substitution), note the quotes. qq() is equivalent to
"".
dd
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David Dooling
