I've just placed DBD::Sybase 1.04.8 on http://www.peppler.org/downloads. This is a "dev" release, and has the following improvements on 1.04.6:
Better date/time formating controls. 1. Date/time values can now be controlled by calling $dbh->syb_date_fmt(fmt_string) *or* $dbh->{syb_date_fmt} = fmt_string. 2. New ISO date/time formats (for output): $dbh->{syb_date_fmt} = 'ISO'; will generate a "relaxed" ISO8601 date/time string: 2004-08-22 08:39:08.643 $dbh->{syb_date_fmt} = 'ISO_strict'; will generate a "strict" ISO8601 date/time string: 2004-08-22T08:39:08.603Z Note that Sybase has no concept of a "timezone", so the trailing Z simply assumes UTC, which is most likely incorrect. There is no guarantee that the client and the server run in the same timezone, though I suppose one could simply assume that the time is in the client's localtime. Maybe that requires another option? Anyway - if you're up to it - please download and test this new version, which should normally be the last dot release before 1.05. Michael -- Michael Peppler Data Migrations, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.peppler.org/ Sybase T-SQL/OpenClient/OpenServer/C/Perl developer available for short or long term contract positions - http://www.peppler.org/resume.html