Hi Everyone, i did the following $dbh->prepare("UPDATE contentTable SET filename = '$dbfile date_modefied = 'CURRENT_DATE()' time_modefied = 'CURRENT_TIME() WHERE ext = '$ext' ") and the value of the current date and current time were not updated on the table. It seems perl interpolated the function CURRENT_DATE() and CURRENT_TIME() .....everything else is ok can someone help with a way out. Rgds
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