As far as I can see, that is the problem. It does not prepare fine.
I got the impression from your original post that it failing on the execute. If it is indeed the prepare, then nothing to see here
>Does setting the trace on the database handle give you anything meaningful?
Good question. I don't know. Never done that. And don't know how to do that.
Take a look at the DBI perldoc for a heading called "Tracing". There's no way that I can do it justice here.
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