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I’m having problems figuring out what I am doing wrong here.
I am using a flat file like so: 

>(Request_id - unique for component number)
SPROC Name: make_geo_mortality_count_C_test 
*gzQkDyUoIKtQXPbXQgRRlgjopGabmhHaxoDO;1;1;Standardisation;'EuropeanSta
+ndard'
*gzQkDyUoIKtQXPbXQgRRlgjopGabmhHaxoDO;1;2;Disease_cat;COPD
*gzQkDyUoIKtQXPbXQgRRlgjopGabmhHaxoDO;1;3;Sex;2
*gzQkDyUoIKtQXPbXQgRRlgjopGabmhHaxoDO;1;4;Sex_code;MF
*gzQkDyUoIKtQXPbXQgRRlgjopGabmhHaxoDO;1;5;Constraint_ref;1
*gzQkDyUoIKtQXPbXQgRRlgjopGabmhHaxoDO;1;6;ICD_start_9;A490
*gzQkDyUoIKtQXPbXQgRRlgjopGabmhHaxoDO;1;7;ICD_end_9;A492
*gzQkDyUoIKtQXPbXQgRRlgjopGabmhHaxoDO;1;8;ICD_start_10;J400
*gzQkDyUoIKtQXPbXQgRRlgjopGabmhHaxoDO;1;9;ICD_end_10;J449
*gzQkDyUoIKtQXPbXQgRRlgjopGabmhHaxoDO;1;10;ICD_start_9_B;A496
*gzQkDyUoIKtQXPbXQgRRlgjopGabmhHaxoDO;1;11;ICD_end_9_B;A496
*gzQkDyUoIKtQXPbXQgRRlgjopGabmhHaxoDO;1;12;ICD_start_10_B;J400
*gzQkDyUoIKtQXPbXQgRRlgjopGabmhHaxoDO;1;13;ICD_end_10_B;J449
*gzQkDyUoIKtQXPbXQgRRlgjopGabmhHaxoDO;1;14;ICD_start_9_C;A496
*gzQkDyUoIKtQXPbXQgRRlgjopGabmhHaxoDO;1;15;ICD_end_9_C;A496
*gzQkDyUoIKtQXPbXQgRRlgjopGabmhHaxoDO;1;16;ICD_start_10_C;J400
*gzQkDyUoIKtQXPbXQgRRlgjopGabmhHaxoDO;1;17;ICD_end_10_C;J449
*gzQkDyUoIKtQXPbXQgRRlgjopGabmhHaxoDO;1;18;Yearfrom;1998
*gzQkDyUoIKtQXPbXQgRRlgjopGabmhHaxoDO;1;19;Yearto;2002
*gzQkDyUoIKtQXPbXQgRRlgjopGabmhHaxoDO;1;20;Min_age;0
*gzQkDyUoIKtQXPbXQgRRlgjopGabmhHaxoDO;1;21;Max_age;74
*gzQkDyUoIKtQXPbXQgRRlgjopGabmhHaxoDO;1;22;Region;Community
*gzQkDyUoIKtQXPbXQgRRlgjopGabmhHaxoDO;1;23;Instance_name;Place_A
*gzQkDyUoIKtQXPbXQgRRlgjopGabmhHaxoDO;1;24;Geo_scope;Town
*gzQkDyUoIKtQXPbXQgRRlgjopGabmhHaxoDO;1;25;Number_of_years;5
*gzQkDyUoIKtQXPbXQgRRlgjopGabmhHaxoDO;1;26;Unique_identifier;'gzQkDyUo
+IKtQXPbXQgRRlgjopGabmhHaxoDO'
*JdwTXlGGdgGHsdABgvFqXuwSnZEchiybqBqC;2;1;Standardisation;'EuropeanSta
+ndard'
*JdwTXlGGdgGHsdABgvFqXuwSnZEchiybqBqC;2;2;Disease_cat;COPD
*JdwTXlGGdgGHsdABgvFqXuwSnZEchiybqBqC;2;3;Sex;2
*JdwTXlGGdgGHsdABgvFqXuwSnZEchiybqBqC;2;4;Sex_code;MF
*JdwTXlGGdgGHsdABgvFqXuwSnZEchiybqBqC;2;5;Constraint_ref;1
*JdwTXlGGdgGHsdABgvFqXuwSnZEchiybqBqC;2;6;ICD_start_9;A490
*JdwTXlGGdgGHsdABgvFqXuwSnZEchiybqBqC;2;7;ICD_end_9;A492
*JdwTXlGGdgGHsdABgvFqXuwSnZEchiybqBqC;2;8;ICD_start_10;J400
*JdwTXlGGdgGHsdABgvFqXuwSnZEchiybqBqC;2;9;ICD_end_10;J449
*JdwTXlGGdgGHsdABgvFqXuwSnZEchiybqBqC;2;10;ICD_start_9_B;A496
*JdwTXlGGdgGHsdABgvFqXuwSnZEchiybqBqC;2;11;ICD_end_9_B;A496
*JdwTXlGGdgGHsdABgvFqXuwSnZEchiybqBqC;2;12;ICD_start_10_B;J400
*JdwTXlGGdgGHsdABgvFqXuwSnZEchiybqBqC;2;13;ICD_end_10_B;J449
*JdwTXlGGdgGHsdABgvFqXuwSnZEchiybqBqC;2;14;ICD_start_9_C;A496
*JdwTXlGGdgGHsdABgvFqXuwSnZEchiybqBqC;2;15;ICD_end_9_C;A496
*JdwTXlGGdgGHsdABgvFqXuwSnZEchiybqBqC;2;16;ICD_start_10_C;J400
*JdwTXlGGdgGHsdABgvFqXuwSnZEchiybqBqC;2;17;ICD_end_10_C;J449
*JdwTXlGGdgGHsdABgvFqXuwSnZEchiybqBqC;2;18;Yearfrom;1998
*JdwTXlGGdgGHsdABgvFqXuwSnZEchiybqBqC;2;19;Yearto;2002
*JdwTXlGGdgGHsdABgvFqXuwSnZEchiybqBqC;2;20;Min_age;0
*JdwTXlGGdgGHsdABgvFqXuwSnZEchiybqBqC;2;21;Max_age;74
*JdwTXlGGdgGHsdABgvFqXuwSnZEchiybqBqC;2;22;Region;Community
*JdwTXlGGdgGHsdABgvFqXuwSnZEchiybqBqC;2;23;Instance_name;Place_B
*JdwTXlGGdgGHsdABgvFqXuwSnZEchiybqBqC;2;24;Geo_scope;Town
*JdwTXlGGdgGHsdABgvFqXuwSnZEchiybqBqC;2;25;Number_of_years;5
*JdwTXlGGdgGHsdABgvFqXuwSnZEchiybqBqC;2;26;Unique_identifier;'JdwTXlGG
+dgGHsdABgvFqXuwSnZEchiybqBqC'
*tYeTCkrrkDGrudrBcYFHWZisnqvvGiTCgAQs;3;1;Standardisation;'EuropeanSta
+ndard'
*tYeTCkrrkDGrudrBcYFHWZisnqvvGiTCgAQs;3;2;Disease_cat;COPD
*tYeTCkrrkDGrudrBcYFHWZisnqvvGiTCgAQs;3;3;Sex;2
*tYeTCkrrkDGrudrBcYFHWZisnqvvGiTCgAQs;3;4;Sex_code;MF
*tYeTCkrrkDGrudrBcYFHWZisnqvvGiTCgAQs;3;5;Constraint_ref;1
*tYeTCkrrkDGrudrBcYFHWZisnqvvGiTCgAQs;3;6;ICD_start_9;A490
*tYeTCkrrkDGrudrBcYFHWZisnqvvGiTCgAQs;3;7;ICD_end_9;A492
*tYeTCkrrkDGrudrBcYFHWZisnqvvGiTCgAQs;3;8;ICD_start_10;J400
*tYeTCkrrkDGrudrBcYFHWZisnqvvGiTCgAQs;3;9;ICD_end_10;J449
*tYeTCkrrkDGrudrBcYFHWZisnqvvGiTCgAQs;3;10;ICD_start_9_B;A496
*tYeTCkrrkDGrudrBcYFHWZisnqvvGiTCgAQs;3;11;ICD_end_9_B;A496
*tYeTCkrrkDGrudrBcYFHWZisnqvvGiTCgAQs;3;12;ICD_start_10_B;J400
*tYeTCkrrkDGrudrBcYFHWZisnqvvGiTCgAQs;3;13;ICD_end_10_B;J449
*tYeTCkrrkDGrudrBcYFHWZisnqvvGiTCgAQs;3;14;ICD_start_9_C;A496
*tYeTCkrrkDGrudrBcYFHWZisnqvvGiTCgAQs;3;15;ICD_end_9_C;A496
*tYeTCkrrkDGrudrBcYFHWZisnqvvGiTCgAQs;3;16;ICD_start_10_C;J400
*tYeTCkrrkDGrudrBcYFHWZisnqvvGiTCgAQs;3;17;ICD_end_10_C;J449
*tYeTCkrrkDGrudrBcYFHWZisnqvvGiTCgAQs;3;18;Yearfrom;1998
*tYeTCkrrkDGrudrBcYFHWZisnqvvGiTCgAQs;3;19;Yearto;2002
*tYeTCkrrkDGrudrBcYFHWZisnqvvGiTCgAQs;3;20;Min_age;0
*tYeTCkrrkDGrudrBcYFHWZisnqvvGiTCgAQs;3;21;Max_age;74
*tYeTCkrrkDGrudrBcYFHWZisnqvvGiTCgAQs;3;22;Region;Community
*tYeTCkrrkDGrudrBcYFHWZisnqvvGiTCgAQs;3;23;Instance_name;Place_C
*tYeTCkrrkDGrudrBcYFHWZisnqvvGiTCgAQs;3;24;Geo_scope;Town
*tYeTCkrrkDGrudrBcYFHWZisnqvvGiTCgAQs;3;25;Number_of_years;5
*tYeTCkrrkDGrudrBcYFHWZisnqvvGiTCgAQs;3;26;Unique_identifier;'tYeTCkrr
+kDGrudrBcYFHWZisnqvvGiTCgAQs'
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I am reading the flat file with the following Perl program. If the flat file only has one component in it the program works fine. If the there is greater than one component it does not work for the 2nd, 3rd, etc components. 

#! perl -w scipt

use strict;
use warnings;
use DBI;

use DBD::ODBC;

use File::Copy;

my ($data_source, $database, $user_id, $password) = qw( *********** **
+****** ******** ********); 
my $conn_string = "driver={SQL Server}; Server=$data_source; Database=
+$database; Trusted_Connection=yes"; 



my $dbh = DBI->connect( "DBI:ODBC:$conn_string" ) or die $DBI::errstr;





my $Request_id;    

my $Variable_number;    
my $Variable;
my $Choice;

my @VARIABLE;
my @CHOICE;

my $Command; 

my $Return_results;



my $Component_number_old = 1;
my $Component_number = 1;


my $SPROC;
my $unique;





my $flat_file = "Flat_file.txt";

open (FLAT_FILE, "<$flat_file");





while (<FLAT_FILE>){
  chomp;

  print "look at me\n";
  
  $Component_number_old = $Component_number;
  
#  undef $Component_number;
  if ($_ =~ /SPROC\sName\:\s([a-z|A-Z|0-9|_]{1,100})/){
    print "Hi_A\n";
    $SPROC = $1; 
  }
  elsif ($_ =~ /^\*(.{36})\;(\d{1,5})\;(\d{1,5})\;([a-z|A-Z|0-9|_]{1,5
+0})\;(.{1,100})/){
    print "$_\n";
    push (@VARIABLE, $Variable);
    push (@CHOICE, $Choice);
    print "Hi_B\n";
    $unique = $1;
    $Component_number = $2;
    $Variable = $4;
    $Choice = $5;
  }
  
    if ($_ =~ /^\sEND/){
      
      print "Hi_E\n";
      push (@VARIABLE, $Variable);
      push (@CHOICE, $Choice);
      

 #     $Command = join(' ', 
#              'EXEC', 
#              $SPROC, 
#              join(', ', 
#               @CHOICE[1 .. $Component_number_old])) . ';';

      $Command = "EXEC ".$SPROC." ".$CHOICE[1].", ".$CHOICE[2].", ".$C
+HOICE[3].", ".$CHOICE[4].", ".$CHOICE[5].", ".$CHOICE[6].", ".$CHOICE
+[7].", ".$CHOICE[8].", ".$CHOICE[9].", ".$CHOICE[10].", ".$CHOICE[11]
+.", ".$CHOICE[12].", ".$CHOICE[13].", ".$CHOICE[14].", ".$CHOICE[15].
+", ".$CHOICE[16].", ".$CHOICE[17].", ".$CHOICE[18].", ".$CHOICE[19]."
+, ".$CHOICE[20].", ".$CHOICE[21].", ".$CHOICE[22].", ".$CHOICE[23].",
+ ".$CHOICE[24].", ".$CHOICE[25].", ".$CHOICE[26].";";


      my $Request_id = $CHOICE[26];


      print "$Command\n";
      Got_Command($Command, $Request_id);

    #  exit;
      undef @CHOICE;
      my @CHOICE;
    }

    if ($Component_number_old != $Component_number){

      print "Hi_D\n";
      push (@VARIABLE, $Variable);
      push (@CHOICE, $Choice);

      
#      $Command = join(' ', 
#              'EXEC', 
#              $SPROC, 
#              join(', ', 
#               @CHOICE[1 .. $Component_number_old])) . ';';
      
      if ($Component_number > 1){
    
    my $a = 1+($Component_number*26);
    my $b = 2+($Component_number*26);
    my $c = 3+($Component_number*26);
    my $d = 4+($Component_number*26);
    my $e = 5+($Component_number*26);
    my $f = 6+($Component_number*26);
    my $g = 7+($Component_number*26);
    my $h = 8+($Component_number*26);
    my $i = 9+($Component_number*26);
    my $j = 10+($Component_number*26);
    my $k = 11+($Component_number*26);
    my $l = 12+($Component_number*26);
    my $m = 13+($Component_number*26);
    my $n = 14+($Component_number*26);
    my $o = 15+($Component_number*26);
    my $p = 16+($Component_number*26);
    my $q = 17+($Component_number*26);
    my $r = 18+($Component_number*26);
    my $s = 19+($Component_number*26);
    my $t = 20+($Component_number*26);
    my $u = 21+($Component_number*26);
    my $v = 22+($Component_number*26);
    my $w = 23+($Component_number*26);
    my $x = 24+($Component_number*26);
    my $y = 25+($Component_number*26);
    my $z = 26+($Component_number*26);




    $Command = "EXEC ".$SPROC." ".$CHOICE[1].", ".$CHOICE[2].", ".$CHO
+ICE[3].", ".$CHOICE[4].", ".$CHOICE[5].", ".$CHOICE[6].", ".$CHOICE[7
+].", ".$CHOICE[8].", ".$CHOICE[9].", ".$CHOICE[10].", ".$CHOICE[11]."
+, ".$CHOICE[12].", ".$CHOICE[13].", ".$CHOICE[14].", ".$CHOICE[15].",
+ ".$CHOICE[16].", ".$CHOICE[17].", ".$CHOICE[18].", ".$CHOICE[19].", 
+".$CHOICE[20].", ".$CHOICE[21].", ".$CHOICE[22].", ".$CHOICE[23].", "
+.$CHOICE[24].", ".$CHOICE[25].", ".$CHOICE[26].";";



#    $Command = "EXEC ".$SPROC." ".$CHOICE[$a].", ".$CHOICE[$b].", ".$
+CHOICE[$c].", ".$CHOICE[$d].", ".$CHOICE[$e].", ".$CHOICE[$f].", ".$C
+HOICE[$g].", ".$CHOICE[$h].", ".$CHOICE[$i].", ".$CHOICE[$j].", ".$CH
+OICE[$k].", ".$CHOICE[$l].", ".$CHOICE[$m].", ".$CHOICE[$n].", ".$CHO
+ICE[$o].", ".$CHOICE[$p].", ".$CHOICE[$q].", ".$CHOICE[$r]." , ".$CHO
+ICE[$s].", ".$CHOICE[$t].", ".$CHOICE[$u].", ".$CHOICE[$v].", ".$CHOI
+CE[$w].", ".$CHOICE[$x].", ".$CHOICE[$y].", ".$CHOICE[$z].";";
    
      }
      else{
    
    $Command = "EXEC ".$SPROC." ".$CHOICE[1].", ".$CHOICE[2].", ".$CHO
+ICE[3].", ".$CHOICE[4].", ".$CHOICE[5].", ".$CHOICE[6].", ".$CHOICE[7
+].", ".$CHOICE[8].", ".$CHOICE[9].", ".$CHOICE[10].", ".$CHOICE[11]."
+, ".$CHOICE[12].", ".$CHOICE[13].", ".$CHOICE[14].", ".$CHOICE[15].",
+ ".$CHOICE[16].", ".$CHOICE[17].", ".$CHOICE[18].", ".$CHOICE[19].", 
+".$CHOICE[20].", ".$CHOICE[21].", ".$CHOICE[22].", ".$CHOICE[23].", "
+.$CHOICE[24].", ".$CHOICE[25].", ".$CHOICE[26].";";
    
      }

      my $Request_id = $CHOICE[26];
      print "$Command\n";

      Got_Command($Command, $Request_id);

#      undef @CHOICE;
     #  my @CHOICE;


      print "@CHOICE";
     # exit;

    
      push (@VARIABLE, $Variable);
      push (@CHOICE, $Choice);




    #  $VARIABLE[0] = $Variable;
    #  $CHOICE[0] = $Choice;
    }
}

close FLAT_FILE;





my $source = $flat_file; 




my $dest = 'Bin'; 



move($source, $dest) or die "Error moving file: $!\n";





sub Got_Command  {


 my($Command,$Request_id) = @_;
  print "Hi_F\n";

  print "here\n";

  my $output_file = "Output/Output_file_".$Request_id.".txt";
  open (OUTPUT_FILE, "+>>$output_file");

    # Pass parameters to a stored procedure stored procedure
    
    print "$Command\n";
  
  
  my $sthB_A =  $dbh->prepare($Command) or die "Couldn't prepare query
+: ".$dbh->errstr;
  
  $sthB_A->execute() or die "Couldn't execute query: ".$sthB_A->errstr
+;
  
   
  my $Return_results = "Select * from Result_storage_keep where Unique
+_identifier = ".$Request_id."\;";

  print "$Return_results\n";
  my $sth = $dbh->prepare($Return_results) or die "Couldn't prepare qu
+ery: ".$dbh->errstr;
  
  $sth->execute() or die "Couldn't execute query: ".$sth->errstr;
  
 # my @row; 

  while (my @row = $sth->fetchrow_array ) {
    print OUTPUT_FILE join("\t", @row); 
    print OUTPUT_FILE "\n";
 
  }
 
}

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Any suggestions as to the best way to handle this flat file?

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