I used your script but whenever I run the perl script it inserts a blank row in mysql. Can anyone tell me why it happens and it the command line I get also this error. DBD::CSV::st execute failed: Missing first row at /usr/local/share/perl/5.6.1/DBD/CSV.pm line 171. Missing first row at /usr/local/share/perl/5.6.1/DBD/CSV.pm line 171. Arunav Mandal. dibun@hotmail.com