David A. Sinck wrote: > my $sql = 'insert into something (autoinc, textcolumn) values (0, ?)'; > $sth->execute($nasty_raw_unclean_user_input); # see 'Placeholder and > Bind Values' in the DBI man page Thanks, David. I didn't realize quite how big or how nasty Austin's "text" was going to be, hence my la-de-da answer. The above is a valuable addition to my DBI knowledge. Thanks again, Vic