sub sa_details { my $dbh = shift; $dbh->nsql( "SELECT userid FROM user", "ARRAY" ); } my @arry = sa_details( Sybase::DBlib->new( "user", "passwd", "host", ) ); $DB_ERROR and die $DB_ERROR; ## $Sybase::DBlib::DB_ERROR and die $Sybase::DBlib::DB_ERROR;