... <Data> probably should just be data or data when you have table or column names that have spaces in them you use square brackets ex: SELECT data.first name, data.last name, machine.user name FROM data, user WHERE ... blah, blah...the error you are seeing is because the DB is telling it.. <DATA> is not a name of a table unless you named your table '<DATA>'?
I do have one suggestion... try DBI, just my 2cents... JamesNC