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> > >The query does work in Sql*plus. I'm not getting any errors from my >connect string. Here is the sub with my dbh definition: > >sub db_connect >{ >use DBI; >use strict; > >my $db_connect = 'DUMY'; >my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:Oracle:$db_connect","FMC","FMC") > or die "Database connection not made: $DBI::errstr"; >} Your $dbh is local to your db_connect subroutine. It's value is not defined outside of 'db_connect'. If you use strict; these kind of errors will be catched. Either put my $dbh; outside of any subroutine, or start passing it around as parameter/return value. -- felix _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]