use DBI; $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:ODBC:DSN=$dsn") or die($DBI::errstr); $sth = $dbh->prepare("select monto from table producto where pid=1") or die($DBI::errstr); $sth->execute() or die($DBI::errstr); while ($rs = $sth->fetchrow_hashref) { print "monto = $$rs{'monto'}\n"; }