my $my_articletable = 'articles_table';
	my $p_db_art_id = 'db_art_id';
	my $sqlcmd = "SELECT MAX($p_db_art_id) FROM $my_articletable;";
	logit("SQLCMD: '$sqlcmd'");
	my $sth = $p_dbh->prepare($sqlcmd);
	$sth->execute();