This would a Q better suited for a perl/DBI group but I couldn't find
any.
The problem I am having concerns a bug a found when using PostgreSQL
w/Perl and the DBI::Pg module.
The problem has do do with he following statement:
$create = $db-handle->prepare(q{ CREATE TABLE ? values (one text, two text)});
$name = "tablename";
$create->execute($name);
# my syntax could be off, i doesn't look it though
The problem is when execute() does its thing it passes the $name with
surrounding "'"s. The CREATE TABLE statement changes to:
CREATE TABLE 'tablename' values (one text, two text);
this causes a error. Seems as though postgreSQL doesn't like the name
given to the table with the single quotation marks around it.
if I do this:
$create->execute("$name");
it will create a table named 'tablename' in the database (including the
single quotes).
I've tried changing the q{ } to qq{ } and it didn't help. This seems like
a bug, or is it a feature? Was wondering if anyone else had any ideas.
Thanks in advanced.
- Nathan