The solution the other two posted is correct, but to make it even more readable and maintanable:

my $dbh = DBI->connect ("dbi:CSV:", undef, undef, {
    f_ext                => ".csv/r",
    csv_sep_char         => "\t",
    csv_allow_whitespace => 1,
    RaiseError           => 1,
    PrintError           => 1,
    }) or die $DBI::errstr;
# due to <c>f_ext</c> there is no need to specify the filename!
my $sth = $dbh->prepare ("select * from file");

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Note however that a TAB is also considered whitespace, so your milage may vary and it may not work at all.

       allow_whitespace
           When this option is set to true, whitespace (TAB's and SPAC
+E's)
           surrounding the separation character is removed when parsin
+g. If
           either TAB or SPACE is one of the three major characters
           "sep_char", "quote_char", or "escape_char" it will not be
           considered whitespace.

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Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

In reply to Re: CSV tab-delimited not space-delimited by Tux
in thread CSV tab-delimited not space-delimited by mellon85

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