$sqlstatement="SELECT Table1.Name, Table1.Address, Table1.City, Table1.State, Table1.ZIP, Table1.Phone FROM Table1 WHERE Table1.BusType = 'ARCHITECTS'"; $sth = $dbh->prepare($sqlstatement); #### my @lines = ; my $line; foreach $line ( @lines ) { #prepare and execute SQL statement $sqlstatement="SELECT Table1.Name, Table1.Address, Table1.City, Table1.State, Table1.ZIP, Table1.Phone FROM Table1 WHERE Table1.BusType = '$line'; $sth = $dbh->prepare($sqlstatement);