Thank you for the help. Some misconceptions I had have been cleared up.

Here's my new script:

#! c:\perl\bin\perl.exe -w
#
# InsertDrivers.pl

#Importations and Declarations
use Win32::ODBC;
use DBI;
use strict;
my ( $dbh,
     $sth,
     $vals,
     $driver,
     $servlist);

my $DSN='Database';
my $field1='server';
my $field2='nic1_drv_version';

#Connect to database
$dbh=DBI->connect("dbi:ODBC:$DSN", "admin", "") or die "$DBI::errstr\n
+";

#Open file for reading
open(INPUT,"file.txt") || die;
while (<INPUT>)
    {
    #use comma delimiter
    ($servlist, $driver)=split(/,/);
    #statement, prepare, execute, close handle
    my $sqlstatement=("UPDATE Servers SET nic1_driver_version=$driver 
+WHERE '$field1 eq $servlist\n'");
    $sth=$dbh->prepare($sqlstatement);
    $sth->execute || die;
    $sth->finish;
    }
close (INPUT);
$dbh->disconnect;
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When run, the output is:

DBD::ODBC::st execute failed: MicrosoftODBC Microsoft Access Driver Syntax error in number in query expression '5.0.67.0'. (SQL-42000)(DBD: st_execute/SQLExecute err=-1) at C:\Perl\scripts\test\ne w.pl line 31, <INPUT> line 1.
Died at C:\Perl\scripts\test\new.pl line 31, <INPUT> line 1.

5.0.67.0 is the first $driver value in file.txt.

Regards,
jw

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