my @intervals = ( ["{ts'2012-07-01 00:00:00.000'}", "{ts'2012-07-02 00:00:00.000'}","{ts'2012-07-01 00:00:00.000'}", "{ts'2012-07-02 00:00:00.000'}"], ["{ts'2012-07-02 00:00:00.000'}", "{ts'2012-07-03 00:00:00.000'}","{ts'2012-07-02 00:00:00.000'}", "{ts'2012-07-03 00:00:00.000'}"]); my $dbh = DBI-> connect('dbi:ODBC:DSN=WCPM-DB1;UID=TEST;PWD=pass') or die "CONNECT ERROR! :: $DBI::err $DBI::errstr $DBI::state $!\n"; my $sql2 = < ? AND AuditChrt_TimeStamp < ?) AS A UNION ALL SELECT Login_ID, AuditMedication_TimeStamp AS TimeStamp, Patient_ID FROM (SELECT Login_ID, AuditMedication_TimeStamp, Patient_ID FROM TopsData.dbo.AUDT_AuditMedication WHERE Login_ID IN ('ZZZZZ0004R','ZZZZZ00050','ZZZZZ0006J','ZZZZZ0006P','ZZZZZ0007A') AND AuditMedication_TimeStamp > ? AND AuditMedication_TimeStamp < ?) AS B ) AS A GROUP BY Login_ID) AS A; EOSQL my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql2); foreach my $interval (@intervals) { $sth->execute(@$interval); my @row; while (@row = $sth->fetchrow_array) { # retrieve one row at a time print join(", ", @row), "\n"; ERROR: DBD::ODBC::st failed: Conversion failed when converting data and/or time from character string.