Thanks for the comment. I'm looking forward to working with the various DB (modules|packages) as I'm more comfortable with SQL than I am with PERL. I'm a system integrator and started working with PERL because the export/import tools provided by the vendors are primitive.
I'm hoping to start directly pulling data from the databases using the DB modules and ODBC connections but for right now that layer of complexity is a little out of my reach. Thanks again for your suggestion.
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