my $sth = $dbh_conn->run_query('check_user', 'exec Mrf_Maint.check_user ?', $login_id); #### sub run_query { my $self = shift; my $name = shift; my $query = shift; my $sth = $self->{'_conn'}->prepare($query) || print $DBI::errstr; $sth->execute(@_) || print $DBI::errstr; return $sth; }