#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use DBI;

my $thing = shift || 'muttley';

my $dbh = DBI->connect( 'dbi:mysql:diana',
                        '$username',
			'$password'
                      ) || die "DB connection not made - $DBI::errstr\n";

$thing = $dbh->quote("%$thing%");


my $sql = qq{select pkey from t_plusplus where pkey like $thing};
my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql); $sth->execute;
while (my $key = $sth->fetchrow_array)
{
	print $key."\n";
}
$sth = undef;
$dbh->disconnect;
exit 0;


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