#! /usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use DBI; use FindBin; open my $fh, '>', $FindBin::Bin . '/Tanktalus'; print $fh ("DATE,NUMBER\n2005-05-16,2\n2005-05-17,4\n"); close $fh; my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:CSV(RaiseError=1):csv_eol=\n"); for my $sql(){ my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql); $sth->execute; $sth->dump_results if $sth->{NUM_OF_FIELDS}; } __END__ SELECT date,number FROM Tanktalus SELECT SUM(number) from Tanktalus UPDATE Tanktalus SET number=8 WHERE date='2005-05-17' SELECT date,number FROM Tanktalus SELECT SUM(number) from Tanktalus SELECT number FROM Tanktalus WHERE date = '2005-05-17'