It always helps to have documentation to fix these problems :) I solved the problem using
$dbh->{LongReadLen}= 10000;#Memory hog if not careful, read DBI doc! $dbh->{LongTruncOk}=1; Thank you for your help. CW2 Daniel Maldonado Programmer Analyst USPFO-CT 860.524.4931 DSN: 636-7931 -----Original Message----- From: Maldonado, Daniel CW2 CTARNG Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 12:39 PM To: 'Tim Bunce' Cc: ' Subject: RE: FW: Update query breaks future select! (Continued!!!) Finally found the error message. Now to the internet to try to find a solution but I send you this just in case you have a quick fix for me :) !! ERROR: 1 '[Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver]String data, right truncated on column number 1 (itdesc) (SQL-01004)(DBD: st_fetch/SQLFetch (long truncated) err=1)' <- fetchrow_array= undef row17 at testdb.pl line 27 DBD::ODBC::st fetchrow_array failed: [Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver]String data, right truncated on column number 1 (itdesc) (SQL-01004)(DBD: st_fetch/SQLFetch (long truncated) err=1) at C:\common\pgming\perl\testdb.pl line 27. CW2 Daniel Maldonado Programmer Analyst USPFO-CT 860.524.4931 DSN: 636-7931 -----Original Message----- From: Tim Bunce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 6:43 PM To: Maldonado, Daniel CW2 CTARNG Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FW: Update query breaks future select! (Continued!!!) On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 01:18:49PM -0400, Maldonado, Daniel CW2 CTARNG wrote: > Why would the statement: > > my $newHashRef = $rs->fetchrow_hashref(); > > not return any records from an access DB when > the field contains the following characters: > > </TD></TR><TR><TD BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF COLSPAN=2><FONT SIZE=+1><B>Added By > Seller</B></FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF COLSPAN=2> > > I am starting to believe that it may have something to do with the hash > table. > The field is a memo field if that helps anyone. > > Can't seem to figure this one out and it is kicking my ?%$#. > > Wish I could see the value returned when this fails but of course I can not > :-) What does the DBI trace show? Tim.