hi i am a new user of perl. i have two sql queries written with perl script.the problem is when i run the script i need the queries to be linked and then run.but this is not happening.can you tell me what is wrong here.here is the script that is present in between the queries $sqlcmd ="$sqlcmd and ("; $i = 0; foreach $contract_key (sort(keys(%contracts))) { $sqlcmd="$sqlcmd cc.contract_type = $contract_key"; $i++; if ($i < $contract_count) { $sqlcmd=" $sqlcmd or "; } } $sqlcmd="$sqlcmd )"; ...... thanks in advance