$dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:ODBC:StockDB') || die "Error opening DB: $DBI::errstr\n"; $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT NOTES FROM QTABLE"); $sth->execute() or die "Couldn't execute query: $DBI::errstr\n"; while (my @row = $sth ->fetchrow_array){ print "@row\n"; } $sth->finish();