use strict; use warnings; use DBI; our $bpsUser = our $bpsPwd = our $bpsHost = our $bpsConn = ""; $bpsConn = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:database=BPS;host=$bpsHost", $bpsUser, $bpsPwd, {'RaiseError' => 1}); our $query = "SELECT timestamp FROM STATS ORDER BY timestamp ASC LIMIT 1"; our $result = $bpsConn->prepare($query); print $result->execute() . "\n"; our @ary = $result->fetchrow_array();