RE: Different types of prepare statements

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Re: Different types of prepare statements

My comments(HM>>) are below. Sorry for the poor message quoting - thanks to Groupwise on Windoze XP. >>> "Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/29/04 11:51AM >>> I have seen: my $sth = $dbh->prepare( <> I've never used this method but there's no reason it shouldn't work. This uses what perl calls "Her

Different types of prepare statements

I have seen: my $sth = $dbh->prepare( prepare(qq{ SELECT blah FROM blah WHERE blah = blah }); What is the difference? I am new to Perl/DBI stuff. Robert