#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict ; use DBI ; DBI->trace(15); my $dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:Oracle:confdb', 'admin', 'admin',{'RaiseError'=>1}) || die "Database connection not made: $DBI::errstr"; my $sth = $dbh->prepare("select obj_name from objecttype") ; $sth->execute ; my $row = $sth->fetchrow_arrayref() ; print ">>> $row->[0] <<<\n" ; $sth->finish ; $dbh->disconnect ;