note perlig yes i tried. login correct. table exist. for the data, look at the dump => itīs a table line out of the DB. the scriptline actually works: <code> mysql>insert into $table (version,filename,release_notes,rec_level,os_type) values ("1.0","1.txt","1.txt",3,4)\g</code> there is no succeeded message given from perl. only the dump comes out of it.<br> <br> <code> my $sth = $dbh->prepare("INSERT INTO $table(version,filename,release_notes,rec_level,os_type) VALUES(?,?,?,?,?)"); $sth->execute( "test","test","test",1,1);</code> <code> $VAR1 = ' DBI::db=HASH(0x35bffc4) trace level set to 0x0/1 (DBI @ 0x0/0) in D BI 1.616-ithread (pid 2144) <- prepare(\'INSERT INTO table_1(version,filename,release _notes,rec_level,os_type) VALUES(?,?,?,?,?)\')= ( DBI::st=HASH(0x35ed6ec) ) [1 i tems] at sql.pl line 21 <- execute(\'test\', \'test\', ...)= ( 1 ) [1 items] at sql.pl line 22 <- prepare(\'SELECT * FROM nl_firmware_recommendation\')= ( DBI::st=HASH(0x3 5d7bcc) ) [1 items] at sql.pl line 24 <- execute= ( 2 ) [1 items] at sql.pl line 25 !! ERROR: 2000 CLEARED by call to fetch method <- fetchrow_hashref= ( HASH(0x35f117c)16keys ) [1 items] row1 at sql.pl line 26 !! ERROR: 2000 CLEARED by call to fetch method !! ERROR: 2000 CLEARED by call to fetch method <- fetchrow_hashref= ( undef ) [1 items] row2 at sql.pl line 26 <- finish= ( 1 ) [1 items] at sql.pl line 29 <- disconnect= ( 1 ) [1 items] at sql.pl line 30 ';</code> this worked. but why $dbh->do is not able to do this?<br> and whats about: <code> !! ERROR: 2000 CLEARED by call to fetch method</code>? <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-893562"> $perlig =~ s/pec/cep/g if 'errors expected'; </div></div> 926759 926785