Perhaps you need to set $dbh->{FetchHashKeyName} = 'NAME_lc'; (You should be able to tell by printing @{$sth->{NAME}} after the execute) (update: then again, you say it works most of the time, so I'm not sure this is the problem).

Other comments: you set RaiseError on the connect (good for you), but check for errors on the next line. If there is an error on connect, the program will not reach the next line (for DBI 0.91 and later). The handle_db_error() function will never be called either (RaiseError causes the program to die with an error message). If you want special processing of errors, either use HandleError, or wrap all your DBI code in an eval block and check $@ afterward.

In reply to Re: DBI::Sybase sometimes returns nothing, but does not generate an error -> how can I catch this? by runrig
in thread DBI::Sybase sometimes returns nothing, but does not generate an error -> how can I catch this? by svenXY

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