Hello all,
I am carrying on with my exploration of DBI and specifically DBD::Anydata and have a working script, but one of the sub routines comes up with the following error:

START of get_user_data<P>

SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = ? [z] Use of uninitialized value at (ev
+al 8) line 16. Use of uninitialized value at (eval 8) line 16. Use of
+ uninitialized value at (eval 8) line 16. Use of uninitialized value 
+at (eval 8) line 16. Use of uninitialized value at (eval 8) line 16. 
+Use of uninitialized value at (eval 8) line 16. Use of uninitialized 
+value at (eval 8) line 16. <P>

result = z b b b b z NO Mon Jan 5 20:45:40 2004 Mon Jan 5 20:45:40 200
+4 0 50 1 0 0 0 Novice<P>

User Data = z b b b b z NO Mon Jan 5 20:45:40 2004 Mon Jan 5 20:45:40 
+2004 0 50 1 0 0 0 Novice<P>

Judoka Limit = 1
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The subroutine and script works fine (so far), but the error keeps showing up, which A) worries me and B) looks terrible on a user interface.

Any help would be appreciated. The sub routine is listed below

Cheers,
LANCE

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sub get_user_data {
                      # This subroutine collects the users data from t
+he user database

                      print p("START of get_user_data") if $DEBUG;

                      my @internal_user_data = @_; # This line takes t
+he user_data passed to us from the previous routine (@_) and allocate
+s it to our internal user data array
                      my $entered_id = $internal_user_data[0];  # just
+ so that it is clearer later we create a variable from the passed dat
+a

                       # Use DBI to connect to the users.csv datafile
                       #----------------------------------------------
+-

                       my $dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:AnyData(RaiseError=
+>1):'); # tell DBI we want to use the Anydata module in ./MyLibs
                       $dbh->func( 'users', 'CSV', 'data/users.csv', '
+ad_catalog'); # Connect to the users.csv data file

                       # select from the datafile the id for the user 
+ID from the array paased from the previous sub routine
                       my @params = ($entered_id);                    
+      # Theese are the parameteres we will use in the SQL command abo
+ve
                       my $sql = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = ?";  
+     # this is the SQL command we want to execute
                       print "$sql\n[@params]\n" if $DEBUG;           
+      # if we are in debug mode print the SQL statement

                       my $sth = $dbh->prepare( $sql );               
+      # prepare the SQL command
                       $sth->execute( @params );                      
+      # excecute the SQL using our parameters


                       my @result = $sth->fetchrow_array; # this line 
+takes the results of the select and puts it in the array called RESUL
+TS
                       $dbh->disconnect(); # we are done with the datb
+ase for now, so disconnect from it (MAY NOT BE NECESSARY)

                       print p("result = @result")if $DEBUG;          
+      # Prints the result of our SQL command if we are in debug mode.
                       return (@result);

                       print p("END of get_user_data") if $DEBUG;
}
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