You're missing some code that we need to see. You showed the SQL for retreiving the date, but I don't see anything where you're setting up the statement handle for your fetchrow_array.

You disconnected your database handle after you retreive the date and never do anything else with it

If you are expecting to do the fetchrow_array from 'SELECT DISTINCT date FROM mailserve', your DISTINCT will only retreive one row, but that doesn't matter since you destory your database handle (which destroys your statement handle $sth). You are also only retrieving 1 value (date) which would be $rowxx[0] not $rowxx[1].

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