displaying to_char formatting in Perl

[MCMULLIN, NANCY]

When attempting to display a formatted string in Perl using Oracle -

SELECT 
   TO_CHAR(dollar_amt, '$999,999.99')
   FROM 
   table;

It breaks the code.  It does work as a straight SQL query outside of Perl.   Any ideas?

Thanks.

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