SELECT server_id FROM wms_rf_server WHERE server_name = 'splwebdev.unix.us.tld.com' #### use strict; use warnings; use DBI qw(:sql_types); my $dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:Oracle:db','user','pass', { AutoCommit => 0, RaiseError => 1, PrintError => 1 } ) or die "Unable to connect!: $!\n"; my $sql = qq{ SELECT server_id FROM wms_rf_server WHERE server_name = 'splwebdev.unix.us.tld.com' }; my $server_id; my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql); $sth->execute(); my $rv = $sth->bind_columns(\$server_id); print "Returned server_id = [$server_id]\n" if $server_id; $sth->finish(); $dbh->disconnect();