#!perl use strict; use DBI; my $dbh = ..; # your connect credentials # temp test table setup my $t = '#test'; $dbh->do("CREATE TABLE $t (COL1 VARCHAR(100))"); $dbh->do("INSERT INTO $t VALUES (?)",undef,'A'x60); my ($s) = $dbh->selectrow_array("SELECT * FROM $t"); print '| ',('1234567890'x6)," |\n"; print "| $s |\n";