From: "F. Senault" Date: 2008-08-21T04:56:24+09:00 Subject: Re: unintuitive language feature (exclamation functions) Le 20 ao�t 2008 � 21:45, Nick Brown a �crit : > When using sub!, the > database ends up containing the pre-sub'd value of astring, even though > astring appears to contain the modified version when printed with a > debug statement immediately preceding my database insert. Please provide some code to demonstrate this. I'm willing to bet there's another, subtler, step that's misleading you. Fred -- This world rejects me This world threw me away This world never gave me a chance This world's gonna have to pay I don't believe in your institutions I did what you wanted me to Like cancer in the system I've got a little suprise for you (Nine Inch Nails, Burn)