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Old 12-24-2006, 03:51 PM   #1
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using perl to insert special characters into mysql database


simple questions but beyond my skill level.

$insert = "anything under the sun including@!#$%^&*()";

Now how do I set that up to insert into mysql table with PERL.

I have all the perl syntax working for putting in a simple string but this string won't work.

I use this statement

$myquery = "INSERT INTO $tablename (raw) VALUES (\"$insert\")";

Thanks

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Old 12-24-2006, 07:28 PM   #2
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I have all the perl syntax working for putting in a simple string but this string won't work.
Perhaps you could better describe the meaning of "won't work"? Does the query reply with an error? Does the query silently fail, or insert something not expected? Does the program crash? Does it cause the database server to behave unpredictably? Some other form of calamity? Please be specific.

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Old 12-24-2006, 09:37 PM   #3
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additional info

As suggested....some additional information may be useful

Here is the error I get.

The error can vary depending on what characters are in the string being inserted....sometimes it even works(this string varies widely in the real situation) as is...but the @ character is never inserted correctly

I do not want to later the string in any way...just insert it as i get it.

The 'test' insert looked like this and yield the following errors:

$insert="te!@#$%^&*()_+|}{":<>?\][;',./st' entry insert#$@dog";

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errors
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Bareword found where operator expected at database_insert.pl line 25, near "',./st' entry"
(Missing operator before entry?)
syntax error at database_insert.pl line 25, near ""te!@#$%^&*()_+|}{":"
Unmatched right square bracket at database_insert.pl line 25, at end of line
Missing right curly or square bracket at database_insert.pl line 46, at end of line
Execution of database_insert.pl aborted due to compilation errors.
 
Old 12-25-2006, 04:52 AM   #4
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Okay, so in fact, you have not gotten the perl syntax working. Your errors are resulting from perl confusing the meaning of the special characters contained in your literal strings. You need to escape any character that perl can interpret in any of its special ways. You can escape them by inserting a backslash '\' in front of them. Alternatively, you can use the stronger "'" single-quote to quote your literal strings, which prevents any of the perl special characters from being interpretted by the compiler. Try this:
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$insert='te!@#$%^&*()_+|}{":<>?\][;\',./st\' entry insert#$@dog';
These errors have nothing to do with SQL.
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Old 12-25-2006, 02:28 PM   #5
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That works OK if you have only one piece of data coming to you...but I can have 100's of lines of data every minute.

I was hoping for a solution that would cover all possiblities not a solution that has to be introduced line by line or character by character....the data I get can have anything in it as it may contain compressed(encoded) data.

Are you saying there is NO all encompassing set of brackets that will do the job and I must do a search and replace on every line of data?
 
Old 12-25-2006, 05:08 PM   #6
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There is a distinction between literal strings that you are using as a test case, and string data input from a data stream or composed at runtime. The literal strings in your examples must be protected or escaped in order for the perl compiler to understand how to deal with them. Data injected into scalar variables at runtime is not similarly constrained. However, there may still be special characters that need to be properly treated within the context of an SQL query. Your DBMS docs should explain this. You should rewrite your testbed script so that the scalar strings you are testing are read from a disk file or from standard input, to avoid the complications related to the perl compiler.

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