DBD::Pg problem

Hi

I am trying to insert a simple email address into a text field,
and I get the below error:

DBD::Pg::st execute failed: ERROR:  pg_atoi: error in
"<support@somedomain.com>": can't parse "<support@somedomain.com>"

I figure it is because of the < and @ in the value, but why does it take
these as operators even
when the value has single quotes around it?
I have even tried binding the values and PG_TEXT beforehand and still
not luck.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Jason Frisch