Perl Language : How To Execute UPDATE query to MySQL Database Server in Perl Program

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How To Execute UPDATE query to MySQL Database Server using Perl Language?

In previous few posts I explained to you about how to make use of the perl DBI modules for making SELECT, INSERT query. Now let's take a look at the UPDATE query that you can make to the mysql database and get the content as updated in the rows or so depending on where you want it to be updated. So let's take a look at the sample UPDATE query that can show you how to do that.

my  $sql  =  "UPDATE table_name SET col_name = ? WHERE id=?";

Here the table_name should be replaced by your table and col_name should be replaced by your column which needs update. And you can find that specific column using id as primary key. You can think of multiple scenarios such as this to writer your query.

Hopefully the video helps you with the UPDATE query in the mysql database table in Perl.

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Tips for Running Perl Code

You can check the installation of the perl by typing the following code if you are on unix or linux, in case of windows you have to check the path if perl bin folder is added there.

which perl

Perl code requires you to have the code stored in the .perl file extension file. This way when you run the perl code say it's in the file named helloworld . pl

You can run the perl file on command prompt like this.

perl helloworld . pl

That's it. You can now execute the perl code on your computer.

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