On Tue, 20 Nov 2001 17:39:58 -0500, in perl.dbi.users you wrote: > PS> One caveat, ya have to make sure you escape those @ signs. Like this... > > $sth = $dbh->prepare( "select \@\@identity");
Or like this: $sth = $dbh->prepare( 'select @@identity' ); Cheers, Philip