use Win32::ODBC; use DBI; $DSN="Ptest"; $db = new Win32::ODBC("DSN=Ptest;UID=userid;PWD=password;"); if(!($db)){ print "Error connecting"; exit; } else { print "Hey you are connected \n"; } my $file="data.txt"; my %hash=(); open(file,$file) or die; { local $/ = undef; %hash = split /\,/,; $sqlstatement="Insert '$value->{0}' into dbo.Results"; while ( my ($key, $value) = each(%hash) ){ print "$value => $key\n"; if($db->SQL($sqlstatement)){ print "abysmal failure try again"; } close file; ---Data---Sample of data-- 1/5/2009 3:55:30 PM,Login,18.490683,SearchLoad,15.012853,SearchCount,0:0.392878,SearchResults,16.048765,SearchSave,6.629372,SearchDelete,9.614098,SearchDetails,4.587307,TaxLoad,5.215133,TaxResults,0:2.956125,TaxDetails,5.226226,ClientAdd,4.834234,CMALoad,1.841135,CMASave,12.441073,CMADelete,0.218266,ClientDelete,0.268565,Logout,0.822440,1/5/2009 5:04:39 PM,Login,12.841120,SearchLoad,5.733201,SearchCount,0:0.187462,SearchResults,6.998567,SearchSave,1.812129,SearchDelete,0.906065,SearchDetails,4.108532,TaxLoad,2.343270,TaxResults,0:2.765057,TaxDetails,2.468244,ClientAdd,1.593423,CMALoad,1.655911,CMASave,8.092093,CMADelete,0.187461,ClientDelete,0.187461,Logout,0.781090