#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use DBI; my $dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:DBM:server=RS-ERDSG06:f_ext=.sql') or die "Can't connect to $DBI::errstr"; my $sql = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM users"; my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql) or die "Can't prepare statement: $DBI::errstr"; $sth->execute(); print $sth, "\n"; $dbh->disconnect;