Hey, Thanks but it isnt working....can look at my code.. 

use Win32::ODBC;

           my @rows;
           my $make1="Acura";
           $year=int($year);
        #   $year+=0;
           $year=1992;
           my $DSN = "carcov";

           if (!($db = new Win32::ODBC($DSN))){
               print "error connecting to $DSN\n";
               print "error: " . Win32::ODBC::Error() . "\n";
               exit;
           }

           die qq(SQL failed: ), $db->Error(), qq(\n) if ($db->Sql("SE
+LECT DISTINCT modelname,startyear,endyear
                                                            FROM model
+,detail,make 
                                        WHERE detail.modelid=model.mod
+elid 
                                         AND detail.makeid=make.makeid
                                         AND make.makename='$make1'
                                         AND startyear <= '$year'
                                         AND endyear >= '$year'"));

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