my $query="SELECT severity, source, displayname FROM alert WHERE displayname LIKE '%$displayname%' ORDER BY severity DESC"; my $sth=$dbh->prepare($query); $sth->execute(); #Loop through for each row returned while ( @row = $sth->fetchrow_array ) { $severity = $row[0]; $source = $row[1]; $displayname = $row[2]; print "$severity\n"; }