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Insert Time Into Datetime Field (perl)
insert the current time into a
datetime field in a table while using perl DBI/DBD::mysql
from http://osdir.com/ml/db.mysql.perl/2006-09/msg00001.html
#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use DBI; my $dbh = DBI->connect( "DBI:mysql:test", "root", ""); my $sth = $dbh->prepare( "INSERT INTO a VALUES ( NOW() )" ); $sth->execute(); $sth->finish(); $sth = $dbh->prepare( "SELECT a FROM a" ); $sth->execute(); my ( $time ) = $sth->fetchrow_array(); $sth->finish(); print "The time was [$time]\n"; $dbh->disconnect(); __END__ CREATE TABLE a ( a datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00' ) TYPE=MyISAM;





