On Sat, 23 Feb 2002, Jon Shorie wrote:
> I am working on a perl application that manages a database created in Mysql.
> I am having trouble with the delete statement. Here is a portion of the
> perl code
> that is being executed:
>
> $dbh=DBI->connect("dbi:mysql:clientdb:localhost","web","webpassword");
>
> ###################
> # Delete Routine #
> ###################
>
> if ($action eq 'delete'){
> $st_text = "DELETE FROM client WHERE (idnumber='$submitidnumber');";
> print "$st_text";
> $sth = $dbh->prepare( $st_text ) or die "Could not prepare $st_text" ;
You've prepared the statement, but you haven't executed it. You need
$sth->execute;
here.
>
> # Close the table.
>
> print " <BR><H2>Record $submitidnumber Deleted Successfully!</H2>
> <br>
> <br>
> <a href='resultscompany'>Back to Browse/View Screen</a>
> <BR>
> <a href='main.cgi'>Back to Main Menu</a>
> <BR>
> <A HREF='http://10.0.0.3'>Back to the home page</A>
> </BODY>
> </HTML>";
>
> Note: $submitidnumber is populated elsewhere in the script.
>
> If the code is executed, no error pops up, and the query is printed on the
> screen:
>
> DELETE FROM client WHERE (idnumber='sho002');
>
> but the record is not being deleted. If I copy the command to the mysql
> console, it does successfully delete the record. Bye the way, other
> queries--select and update are working from the perl scripts.
>
> Help please.
>
Michael Stassen
University Information Technology Services
Indiana University Bloomington
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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