Hi again,

I changed the code to use a bind_param and it seems to be working. This is what it looks like now: 

my $sh = $dbh->prepare("select * from records where date <= ? order by
+ date asc, time asc limit ?,10000")
    || die "Could not prepare select: " . $dbh->errstr;
my $date = "2005-02-26";
my $n = 0;
$sh->bind_param(1, $date, SQL_DATE);
$sh->bind_param(2, $n, SQL_INTEGER);
$sh->execute()
    || die "Could not execute select: " . $dbh->errstr;

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It still seems a little odd that the code broke in this manner. Never the less, I appreciate the quick reply as this was a production problem and I was stuck. :)

Thanks,

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