Is there a way to access the execution plan of a query using the DBI interface? Since EXPLAIN seems to write to STDERR, there is no way to use prepare->execute->fetch ... Does anybody know, what to do best - I don't want to use a system call from inside Perl. Hans ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly