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When I parameter bind and execute() I get seemingly-subtle errors related to quoting. my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM ?"); my $table = "tblSites"; $sth->execute($table); DBD::mysql::st execute failed: You have an error in your SQL syntax near ''tblSites'' at line 1 at ./quoteTest line 31, <F> line 15. This fails for the same reason why the following fails: mysql> SELECT * FROM 'tblSites'; ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near ''tblSamples'' at line1 Back-ticks(`tblSites`) are fine, single quotes cause problems. I can't seem to find any documentation on this issue. -R