Good afternoon, Here is the output of my script, and can’t understand why this is not working. Thanks for any and all pointers! Dave Gilden
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/cgi-bin$ mail_guest_to_jk.cgi Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./mail_guest_to_jk.cgi line 33. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./mail_guest_to_jk.cgi line 37. DBD::mysql::st execute failed: You have an error in your SQL syntax near '' at line 1 at ./mail_guest_to_jk.cgi line 60. DBD::mysql::st fetchrow failed: fetch() without execute() at ./mail_guest_to_jk.cgi line 40. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./mail_guest_to_jk.cgi line 41. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./mail_guest_to_jk.cgi line 41. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./mail_guest_to_jk.cgi line 41. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./mail_guest_to_jk.cgi line 41. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./mail_guest_to_jk.cgi line 41. the script: --------------------- #!/usr/bin/perl -w use DBI; use strict; ## Sensitive stuff deleted :) my ($sql,$dbh,$sth,$datecreated,$name,$email,$comments); &initialize_dbi; #### Read from Guestbook ################### ### get id for last entry $sql ="SELECT MAX(id) FROM $table_name;"; run_statement($sql); my $id = $sth->{id}; print "$id\n"; $sth->finish; $sql = "SELECT id, DATE_FORMAT(DATE_ADD(datecreated, INTERVAL 2 HOUR), '%c/%e/%y at: %l:%i %p'),email, name, comments FROM $table_name where id = $id;"; run_statement($sql); # get the one row selected ($id,$datecreated,$email,$name,$comments) = $sth->fetchrow; print "$id\n$datecreated\n$email\n$name\n$comments"; $dbh->disconnect; # close date base connection exit; sub initialize_dbi{ my $drh = DBI->install_driver( 'mysql' ); $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:$user_name:$sql_server", $user_name, $user_password); die "Cannot connect: $DBI::errstr\n" unless $ ; } sub run_statement{ my $stmt = shift; $sth = $dbh->prepare($stmt); $sth->execute; } __END__ ============================================== Cora Connection: Your West African Music Source Resources, Recordings, Instruments & More! <http://www.coraconnection.com/> ============================================== -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]