Re: Getting Output for 'do' Query.

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sara.samsara@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> my $query = qq|SELECT SUM(MINS) FROM files WHERE USER='$user'|; 
> my $do = $dbh->do($query); 
> print "$do"; 
> 
> Where MINS is integar, Now when I print $do it obviously prints only
'1', marking return of the query. 
1 means 1 row returned.

> How I am supposed to print the same results here in script instead of
'1' only.
Under the perldoc for DBI:
It [do] should not be used for SELECT statements because it does not
return a statement handle (so you can't fetch any data).

my $query = qq|SELECT SUM(MINS) FROM files WHERE USER=?|;
my $sth = $dbh->prepare($query) or die $dbh->errstr;
$sth->execute($user) or die $dbh->errstr;
my @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 = $sth->fetchrow_array;
print @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 should probably do it- note the use of the placeholder (DBI will
automatically escape $user properly for you.

Hope this helps,
Ricky
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