=code my $sql = $dbh->exec_select(" SELECT acc, name,date FROM mytable WHERE name <> '' AND ((date + 1 YEAR) >= (CURRENT_DATE)) AND ((date + 1 YEAR) < (CURRENT_DATE + 240 DAYS)) AND controlnum IN ('12345','8877788','23334455','223445988','222339000','2222333','223475699','22339668','2223999','009999','11220000','77766','88776' ,'9988888','11223756','22388577','9998888','998888','77665555','9999888','88877777','666555555','88777766666','112223333','9998877','9988877' ,'888777666666','00988777','887777654') and date between '2010-11-11' and '2011-11-11' order by date desc"); =cut