Perl/Mysql problems

[Robert H. Clugston]

Dear List,
	I'm using Perl to write the my database. To avoid problems when inserting
rows into my table I use the perl \Q\E method to escape all characters.
Below is my query:

$query = 'INSERT into messages VALUES("' . "\Q$name\E" . '", "' .
"\Q$email\E" . '", "' . "\Q$d
ate\E" . '", "' . "\Q$subject\E" . '", "' . "\Q$message\E" . '", "' .
"\Q$id\E" . '")';

	Ever since updating to Debian 2.1 when ever I insert a "?" a null character
is inserted in its place. In Debian 2.1 I believe the Mysql server version
is 3.21.33b.

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Robert H. Clugston
E-mail:robert@stripped
Systems Administrator
Comstock Net, www.comstocknet.com
Phone: [phone]
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