Here is the code that is giving me problems
    my $date_file = new IO::File;
    $date_file->open("<start_date.txt") or die "cannot find file!";
    chomp(my $date = $date_file->getline);
    $date_file->close;


    my $query = q{SELECT Count(x) AS numberOfx, y
                   INTO temp_table
                   FROM Referrals
                   WHERE ((x Is Not Null) AND ([Today's Date]> ?))
                   GROUP BY x
                   ORDER BY Count(x), y};
        $sth = $dbh->prepare($query);
        $sth->execute($date);
        $sth->finish();

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This gives the error 
DBD::ODBC::st execute failed: called with 1 bind variables when 0 are 
+needed at
C:\Documents and Settings\xxx\Desktop\distribute.pl line 264.

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To me this was strange....so I decide to oblige the error and remove the bind variable to see if it expects one when I don't provide it. So I take $date out of the call to $sth->execute() and I get this error 
DBD::ODBC::st execute failed: [Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver
+] Too few
parameters. Expected 1. (SQL-07002)(DBD: st_execute/SQLExecute err=-1)
+ at C:\Doc
uments and Settings\xxx\Desktop\distribute.pl line 264.

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Why does it expect one when I don't provide it, and not want one when I do? This is an odd error.. any ideas?

In reply to weird DBI error re: parameter binding by Grygonos

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