>>>>> "WRM" == William R Mattil <wrmattil@stripped> writes:
WRM> works while the following does not;
WRM> my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT first,last,phone FROM $table WHERE
WRM> phone_book.last=$FOO");
WRM> Where $FOO = 'Blow'; And the error message returned is as follows:
Try this:
print "SELECT first,last,phone FROM $table WHERE phone_book.last=$FOO";
and see if you think that's a valid SQL statement to do what you
want. I don't think it will be.
v.
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