Looking again at your original change, it was in the context of using value as a method to get the current value for an assignment.

You could try, instead of $rs->Fields('AEName')->value = $psProxyName;, $rs->Fields('AEName')->value($psProxyName);...

Thanks for your prompt reply! I don't need to drain my brain as much since I got your help.
I've tried as your suggestion, the good news is perl didn't throw any error. the bad news is it did do anything!:(
I place print $rs->Fields('AEName')->value($psProxyName) after and before the statment. below are output

VB script:

wscript.echo "AEName old value is"
wscript.echo rs.Fields( "AEName" ).value
wscript.echo "ADAS_ID old value is"
wscript.echo rs.Fields( "ADAS_ID" ).value
rs.Fields( "AEName" ) = psProxyName
rs.Fields( "ADAS_ID" ) = pnDeviceID
wscript.echo "AEName new value is"
wscript.echo rs.Fields( "AEName" ).value
wscript.echo "ADAS_ID new value is"
wscript.echo rs.Fields( "ADAS_ID" ).value

wscript.echo rs.Fields( "AEName" ).value
wscript.echo rs.Fields( "ADAS_ID" ).value

__OUTPUT__
C:\>cscript cmp.vbs
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved.

AEName old value is
Mp_Default
ADAS_ID old value is
null
AEName new value is
MyTestMeterProxy06
ADAS_ID new value is
1415
Meter proxy created having the ID: 673132
Script Finished
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perl script 

    print "ADAS_ID old value is", $rs->Fields('ADAS_ID')->value."\n";
    print "AEName old value is", $rs->Fields('AEName')->value."\n";
    print "\$psProxyName value is $psProxyName\n";
    print "\$pnDeviceID value is $pnDeviceID\n";
        $rs->Fields('AEName')->value($psProxyName);
        $rs->Fields('ADAS_ID')->value($pnDeviceID);
    print "ADAS_ID new value is", $rs->Fields('ADAS_ID')->value."\n";
    print "AEName new value is", $rs->Fields('AEName')->value."\n";
        $nCheckoutID = $ctMgr->Checkout($pnContainerID, $aSec);

__OUTPUT__

C:\>perl cmp2.pl
ADAS_ID old value is
AEName old value isMp_Default
$psProxyName value is MyTestMeterProxy010
$pnDeviceID value is Win32::OLE=HASH(0x1987448)
ADAS_ID new value is
AEName new value isMp_Default
Meter proxy created having the ID:
Script Finished
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I'm confused with output above. It seems to me '->value($psProxyName)' doesn't work?
How can I continue?

BTW: what can I benifit from overstating my experience?

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I am trying to improve my English skills, if you see a mistake please feel free to reply or /msg me a correction

Hi ,

Although the you didn't get a compile-time error, you may have experienced a run-time error - which wasn't caught.

If it's the basic Win32::OLE module, any error from the last operation can be accessed via a call to Win32::OLE->LastError(), so try ...

$rs->Fields('AEName')->value($psProxyName);
die "value(\$psProxyName) failed - " . Win32::OLE->LastError() if Win3
+2::OLE->LastError();
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BTW, my sig is self-deprecating - it says that PM has a higher regard for my experience than I do;-)

A user level that continues to overstate my experience :-))