#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use DBI; our $db = DBI->connect('dbi:ODBC:DATABASE', 'USER', 'PASSWORD', { RaiseError => 1, AutoCommit => 1 } ); my $test=$db->prepare("select getdate()") or die($!); $test->execute(); print $test->fetchrow_array(); my $test2=$db->prepare("select getdate()") or die($!); $test2->execute(); print $test2->fetchrow_array();