... use DBI; unlink 'file_01.csv'; unlink 'file_02.csv'; unlink 'new.csv'; open my $oFile, '>', 'file_01.csv'; print $oFile "Prefix,NumberRange,ChargeBand\n"; close $oFile; open $oFile, '>', 'file_02.csv'; print $oFile "Termination,Service,ChargeBand\n"; close $oFile; my $dir = '.'; ... ) or die "Cannot connect: " . $DBI::errstr; print "DBI version: $DBI::VERSION\n"; print "DBD::CSV version: $DBD::CSV::VERSION\n"; print "SQL::Statement version: $SQL::Statement::VERSION\n"; my $sth_match = $dbh_match->prepare( ... #### DBI version: 1.607 DBD::CSV version: 0.22 SQL::Statement version: 1.15 Use of uninitialized value in substitution iterator at C:/Perl/lib/SQL/Parser.pm line 1596. DBI 1.607-ithread default trace level set to 0x0/1 (pid 4280) at noname1.pl line 48 <- disconnect= 1 at noname1.pl line 50 <- DESTROY(DBI::st=HASH(3c13f34))= '' <- DESTROY(DBI::db=HASH(3c12a54))= '' <- disconnect_all= undef at DBI.pm line 717 ! <- DESTROY(DBI::dr=HASH(3c124c4))= undef during global destruction #### DBI version: 1.616 DBD::CSV version: 0.31 SQL::Statement version: 1.33 DBD::CSV::st execute failed: You passed 0 parameters where 1 required [for Statement " CREATE TABLE new AS SELECT file_01.Prefix, file_01.NumberRange, file_02.Termination, file_02.Service, file_02.ChargeBand FROM file_01 INNER JOIN file_02 ON file_01.Chargeband = file_02.ChargeBand WHERE file_02.Termination LIKE '%something%' "] at C:\Users\Peter\Delme~~\PerlScratch\noname1.pl line 46. DBD::CSV::st execute failed: You passed 0 parameters where 1 required [for Statement " CREATE TABLE new AS SELECT file_01.Prefix, file_01.NumberRange, file_02.Termination, file_02.Service, file_02.ChargeBand FROM file_01 INNER JOIN file_02 ON file_01.Chargeband = file_02.ChargeBand WHERE file_02.Termination LIKE '%something%' "] at C:\Users\Peter\Delme~~\PerlScratch\noname1.pl line 46. #### ... WHERE file_02.Termination LIKE ? | ); $sth_match->execute('%something%') or die "Cannot execute: " . $sth_match->errstr(); DBI->trace(1); ...