my $desc = "A description";
my @assoc_str_data = ("string 1", "string 2");
my @assoc_int_data = (1,2,3);
$dbh->do("insert into my_table(description, associated_str_data, associated_int_data) values (?,?,?)",
         undef, $desc, \@assoc_str_data, \@assoc_int_data);