Re: Huh? 4=3?

Cool. That whole scalar vs list context thing is one of Perl's biggest
strengths, but also one of its biggest weaknesses (in that it is a common
source of bugs like this). When you see head-scratching problems, it's one
of the first things to look for.


On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Bruce Johnson
<[email protected]>wrote:

> Well, changing the code to:
>
> my $eid=$mesg->entry($n)->get_value('emplId');
> my $etp=$mesg->entry($n)->get_value('employeeType');
> my $efte=$mesg->entry($n)->get_value('employeeFTE');
> my $ear=$mesg->entry($n)->get_value('employeeTotalAnnualRate');
>
> $csr_emp_info->execute($eid,$etp,$efte,$ear);
>
> like you suggested fixed it.
>
> Thanks.
>
> On May 8, 2013, at 9:30 AM, Bill Ward <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > My guess is that get_value() is returning an empty array rather than an
> undef scalar when the values are null. Try copying each one to a scalar
> variable and including the list of variables in the execute(). It'd be more
> readable that way anyway. Or if you must put them all one one line like
> this, add the scalar() function on each argument.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 9:18 AM, Bruce Johnson <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> > Getting the error:
> >
> > DBD::Oracle::st execute failed: called with 3 bind variables when 4 are
> needed [for Statement "insert into employee_fte_annualrate_l (emplid,
> emptype_cd, fte, annual_rate) values(?,?,?,?)" with ParamValues:
> :p1='22057713', :p2='R', :p3='1', :p4='47311'] at /home/oraweb/perl/frs/
> kfsupdate.pl line 64, <DATA> line 581.
> >
> > I'm pretty sure I count 4 placeholders and 4 parameter values in that
> error message, so where is the '3 bind variables' coming from?
> >
> > here's the cursor definition:
> >
> > my $csr_emp_info = $lda->prepare("insert into employee_fte_annualrate_l
> (emplid, emptype_cd, fte, annual_rate) values(?,?,?,?)");
> >
> > I'm pulling the data from an LDAP query, here's the offending line 64
> (where $mesg is the returned LDAP object):
> >
> > $csr_emp_info->execute($mesg->entry($n)->get_value('emplId'),
> $mesg->entry($n)->get_value('employeeType'),$mesg->entry($n)->get_value('employeeFTE'),$mesg->entry($n)->get_value('employeeTotalAnnualRate'));
> >
> > All the columns allow null entries, and these are all single-valued
> entries in the LDAP schema.
> >
> >
> > --
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> > College of Pharmacy
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> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
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>
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>
>
>


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