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DBI's do() method does not use placeholders - it's there specifically for drivers that do not support placeholders.
You should quote any strings in the SQL that you're executing.
You might want to format things a little better so that any errors are easier to find, rather than having a huge block of code (which in this case has two SQL statements).
Edit: what am I talking about? do() does support placeholders.
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