if ($kind == 3){ #Last record $stmt = "SELECT * FROM ( SELECT * FROM users WHERE ? <= ? AND ? >= ? ORDER BY ? ASC LIMIT 1 ) sub ORDER BY ? ASC"; #example user_id # $stmt = "SELECT * FROM ( SELECT * FROM users WHERE user_id <=14999 AND user_id >= 1 ORDER BY user_id DESC LIMIT 1 ) sub ORDER BY user_id ASC"; #Works fine hard coded #### $sth = $dbh->prepare ($stmt) or die "Error Preparing:\n" . $stmt . "\nDBI returned: \n", $dbh->errstr; warn("'$searchfield' '$maxrowpointer' '$searchfield' '$minrowpointer' '$searchfield' '$searchfield'"); #verified correct values in variables at this point $sth->execute ($searchfield, $maxrowpointer,$searchfield,$minrowpointer, $searchfield, $searchfield) or die "Unable to execute query: " . $sth->errstr; my $refresult = $sth->fetchrow_hashref(); my $count = $sth->rows; #### {"DD":"2019-01-30","DP":"2018-12-31","MD":"120.00","MJ":"2018-01-30","address1":"1471 Meeks Rd","address2":null,"business":"JZ Electroplating","city":"Warran","comments":"This is a test entry","email":"jze@yahoo.com","forename":"John","id":57,"lastname":"Zinzer","password":"1234","phone_cell":"517-240-1004","phone_home":"517-233- 4378","pin":"JbwmZ","position":"General Member","state":"MI","user_id":19,"username":"bwm19","zip":"45789-2334"}