$sth = $dbh->prepare ($stmt) or die "Error Preparing:\n" . $stmt . "\nDBI returned: \n", $dbh->errstr;

	warn("'$searchfield' '$maxrowpointer' '$searchfield' '$minrowpointer' '$searchfield'  '$searchfield'"); #verified correct values in variables at this point
   	
	$sth->execute ($searchfield, $maxrowpointer,$searchfield,$minrowpointer, $searchfield, $searchfield) or die "Unable to execute query: " . $sth->errstr;

    my $refresult = $sth->fetchrow_hashref();
	
    my $count = $sth->rows;