From: Jiri Cuypers Date: March 12 1999 8:42pm Subject: RE: field types needed from mysql database List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/137 Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Hmmm... :-) practice makes master... Okay thanks, will try it. I just looked at all the examples which had type-dependent quotes. you just need to look at the right things at the right time I guess Thnx again Jiri > -----Original Message----- > From: Christian Mack [SMTP:Mack@stripped] > Sent: Friday, March 12, 1999 9:08 PM > To: Jiri Cuypers > Cc: mysql@stripped > Subject: Re: field types needed from mysql database > > Jiri Cuypers wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm writing a dynamic form handler, which dumps the form data into > the > > correct fields of a database. > > I still need a way to find out which type a particular field has in > the > > database, in order to know whether I need quotes or not when i do an > > insert into. > > > > I'm using perl 5.004 with DBI::MySql and apache. > > > > thanks in advance. > > Jiri > > Hi Jiri > > Why don't you always quote? > MySQL has an internal conversion of types. > > Tschau > Christian