need help on $sth->bind_param

PERL.ORG DBI-USERS,
Where can I find the valid syntax for the  DBI command "$sth->bind_param".

The perldoc DBI command shows me this:

       $rc = $sth->bind_param($p_num, $bind_value);
       $rc = $sth->bind_param($p_num, $bind_value, $bind_type);
       $rc = $sth->bind_param($p_num, $bind_value, \%attr);

How can I see the valid $bind_type values, the third parameter in the command   $sth->bind_param($p_num, $bind_value, $bind_type) ???

I need to know  this because of an SQL0440N error I got when running a perl program under development.  It is the first time I am using a WHERE CLAUSE LIKE predicate.  A google search suggests I need to provide a bind_parameter to resolve the SQL0440N error such as this:

$sth->bind_param( 1, 'DB', $attrib_char );
$sth->bind_param( 2, 'TEXAS', $attrib_char );

The column in the DBI prepare that we believe is the problem is a TIMESTAMP column.

Our perl release is perl v5.8.6.

We are running DB2 V8.2 fixpack 18 on UNIX.

An help you can give us will be much appreciated.

James
858-246-0300

James Palla
Database Administrator
ACT Data Center
University of California, San Diego
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   my $sthINQ = $dbh->prepare("SELECT DBA_ID, ".
      "CHANGE_TIME, ".
      "FP_TICKET, ".
      "DB_NAME, ".
      "SCHEMA_NAME, ".
      "OBJ_NAME, ".
      "OBJ_TYPE, ".
      "ENV_CODE, ".
      "SCRIPT_DIRECTORY, ".
      "SUBSTR(CHANGE_DESC,1,50) AS CHANGE_DESC, ".
      "REQUESTED_BY  ".
      "FROM DBA.DBA_CHANGE_LOG ".
      "WHERE DBA_ID = ? ".
      "AND CHANGE_TIME LIKE ? ".
      "ORDER BY 1,2 ")
      or die "prepare #4 failed: " . $dbh->errstr();

   $sthINQ->bind_param(1,$dba_id);
   $sthINQ->bind_param(2,$change_time_LIKE);

   $sthINQ->execute()
      or die "execute #4 failed: " . $sthINQ->errstr();