my $ConnString = "SQLPLUS -L " . $Login_Name . "\/" . $Login_Password . "\@" . $DB_Name . " \@sqlfile.sql"; my $ReturnCode=system($ConnString); sleep(2); #--Give time to autheticate. if ($ReturnCode!=0) { print scalar (localtime)," E: SqlPlus Database Login unsuccessfull.\n"; return -1; } print LOG_FILE scalar (localtime)," I: SqlPlus Database Login successfull.\n";