my $dsn = "dbi:$platform:$database:$host:$port"; my $connect = DBI->connect($dsn, $user, $pw) or die "DB connect failed: $DBI::errstr"; my $query_handle = $connect->prepare(q{SELECT count(episode) from shows where episode=?}); foreach my $k (@shows_array) { my ($show_id, $title, $next_episode) = split /\|/, $k; $query_handle->execute($next_episode) or die $connect->errstr; $query_handle->bind_columns(\my $episode); if($episode eq "0") { my $get_file = "$url$title $next_episode&catid=$catid&num=$num&age=$age&username=$username&$apikey"; push @nzb_list, $get_file; } } print @nzb_list;