Louis, I'm sure the construct you give below has no effect in Perl. "$someVariable" is identical to $someVariable.
Perhaps what you meant was $arg1 = $dbh->quote( $someVariable ) . "::someText"; -Will -----Original Message----- From: Louis Gonzales [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday 23 February 2006 10:28 To: Christian Stalp Cc: dbi-users@perl.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Calling a PostgreSQL function via DBI As for your select statement with the $arg1, ..., $argN, the bind_param() function will work on those arguments too, I'd just suggest to use the process of double quoting your string concatenation assignments upfront: $arg1 = "$someVariable" . "::someText"; - - - - - - - Appended by Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. - - - - - - - This e-mail and any attachments may contain information which is confidential, proprietary, privileged or otherwise protected by law. The information is solely intended for the named addressee (or a person responsible for delivering it to the addressee). If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this message or any part of it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete it from your computer.
