my $dbh = DBI->connect(qq{DBI:CSV:csv_eol=\n;csv_sep_char=\\,;}); $dbh->{'csv_tables'}->{'Table'} = {'file' => 'data.csv','col_names' => ["num","id"]}; #Setup error variables $dbh->{'RaiseError'} = 1; $@ = ''; ## Attempts to change $num ##$num = '"'.$num.'"';## this causes """0123""" ##$num = "\"$num\"";## this causes """0123""" even if I additionally do this: ## $num=~s/"""/"/g; ##$num = " ".$num;## causes " 0123" VERY CLOSE. Try next line: ##$num=~s/ //g;## This causes 0123 ##$num = "".$num; ## causes 0123 ##$num = "'".$num."'";## causes 123 my $value = "\'$num\',\'$id\'"; my $insert = "INSERT INTO Table VALUES ($value)"; my $sth = $dbh->prepare($insert); $sth->execute(); $sth->finish(); $dbh->disconnect();