note kurt2439 <p>Thanks for all the input guys. I ended up running the mysql command on the remote system via the perl system() command as you guys suggested. Getting it all done with native perl code wasn't necessary.</p><p>The only trick to getting the system() call to mysql to work as a scheduled task was to use the .my.cnf file in the calling users home directory to specify their sql user, pass and target database without being prompted. Works great!</p> 928903 928989