Hi All, I am connecting to database using DBI . My csutomer has a oracle table in that all columns are in japanese. I run this program in Solaris OS Japanese version. I am getting the below error DBD::Oracle::db prepare failed: ORA-00911: invalid character (DBD ERROR: error possibly near <*> ind = "1980031""] at accdb.pl line 22.CT裔・ in this line my $sth1 = $db->prepare("SELECT 一時上司社員番号 FROM WF_WORKFLOW WHERE 本人社員番号 = \"$scode1\""); I tried to pass differnt values to $scode1 but nothing happening. Please help me. I am stuck. Thanks Sri