note McDarren Use [http://search.cpan.org/~timb/DBI-1.615/DBI.pm#Placeholders_and_Bind_Values|Placeholders] <code> my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT userid, login_name, realname FROM profiles WHERE login_name = ?"); # and then $sth->execute($user_login_name); </code> Cheers,<br> Darren 875162 875162