use strict; use warnings; use DBI; my $dbh = DBI->connect( "dbi:mysql:test", "root", "", {AutoCommit => 0, RaiseError => 1, PrintError => 0}) || die "Can't connect to database: $DBI::errstr"; my $qry = $dbh->prepare(q{ select BAD__column from users where id=12543256 }) or die "Prepare bad: $DBI::errstr"; $qry->execute();