Note that in the data dumper output (the $VAR1 = ...) section, you have multiple entries with escaped ' characters. I believe your issue is that when you pass your list, you are double quoting it, as opposed to the sample you provided. It looks to me like you'll get the results you are looking for with:

$EVENT->{'slots'}->{'NTSD_VALUES'} = lookup_NTSD_val('[Cover],[UseSubType],[Building],[Network],[Environment],[AssetNo],[Primary_IP_Address],[ServiceID],[OS],[Team]', '[ServerComp]', "left([ServerName], $L) = '$hostN'");

See the docs on string interpolation. As a side note, for future code you may want to look into DBI and using placeholders to simplify your life and to return more useful diagnostics when you query your database.

In reply to Re: Problems with my DB lookup script by kennethk
in thread Problems with my DB lookup script by Mych

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