On 7/31/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > problem is that the variables in the config are not being translated into > there actual values before they get used.
So you have a plaintext config file with variable names in it that you want perl to interpolate at some point once the config data is loaded. > my $sth = $dbh->prepare(qq{$QUERY}); > #print "DEBUG: $QUERY\n"; What does this debug print give you? > query= <<END > SELECT N.IP_ADDRESS, [snip] > AND CAA.ADDRESS_ID = AD.ADDRESS_ID > AND P.NODE_ADDRESS = $dslam > AND N.IP_ADDRESS = $ip_address > END -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>