Howdy :)

(I thought this might have been a FAQ, but it doesn't appear to be)

I'm aware that table names cannot be used with place holders. From the DBI docs - "With most drivers, placeholders can't be used for any element of a statement that would prevent the database server from validating the statement and creating a query execution plan for it."

Fair enough.
But what is the usual/recommended approach when you strike a situation where you think you would _like_ to use placeholders for table names?

In my particular situation, I have something like (contrived example):

INSERT INTO Widgets201003 (moo, baa, cluck) VALUES (?, ?, ?)
INSERT INTO Widgets201004 (moo, baa, cluck) VALUES (?, ?, ?)
INSERT INTO Widgets201005 (moo, baa, cluck) VALUES (?, ?, ?)
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Obviously, it would be nice if I could do:

INSERT INTO ? (moo, baa, cluck) VALUES (?, ?, ?)
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But of course, that doesn't work.
One approach might be to come up with a better data base design, but unfortunately I'm dealing with legacy stuff that cannot be changed without causing copious amounts of grief and heartache ;)

I've thought about perhaps building a hash of SQL statements, using the table names as keys - but that feels really horrible.

So, how do others generally approach this?
Is there a module about that addresses this particular problem?

If it matters, I'm dealing with both MySQL & PostgreSQL

many thanks,
Darren :)

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