use DBI; use Spreadsheet::WriteExcel; my $DB=DBI::connect( ... connection args for oracle DB ... ); my $ar = $DB->selectall_arrayref('select * from table'); my $XLWB = Spreadsheet::WriteExcel->new('table.xls'); my $XLWS = $XLWB->add_worksheet('table'); my $row = 0; $XLWS->write_row($row,0,$_) for @$ar;