Update:

Yes, but do you fetch a result if you say SELECT 'foo'? Please feel free to provide more information about what you want to do. I then can try to repeat this with my MSSQL...

I could not repeat it (i'm using SQL Server Native Client 10.0):

SELECT * FROM FXSpots;
ID    LHSCurrencyID    RHSCurrencyID    TenorID    BBTicker WMRic    C
+orrespondingSpotID
6    1    1    1    foo    bar    1
7    1    1    1    foo    bar    1
8    1    1    1    foo    bar    1
9    1    1    1    foo    bar    1
10    1    1    1    foo    bar    1
11    1    1    1    foo    bar    1
12    1    1    1    foo    bar    1
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#!c:/perl/bin/perl.exe

use DBI;

my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:ODBC:Market_Data_prod", "karl", "secret");

my ( $bbt, $wmr );

my $sql = 'select BBTicker, WMRic from FXSpots where id = 10'; # i can
+ get all..

my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql);

$sth->execute() || die "ERROR Unable to execute sql statment $sql...+"
+;

$sth->bind_columns( \$bbt, \$wmr );

$sth->fetch;

# print ("BBticker = $bbt WMRic = "); # ...you missed $wmr

print("BBticker = $bbt WMRic = $wmr");

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C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\karl\Desktop\market_data>market_data.pl
BBticker = foo WMRic = bar

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Sorry that i could not help, Regards, Karl