$perl * -d 01-Jul-2002 -c uslecatl5e1 Preparing statement: select clli, traffic_date, count(distinct(traffic_hour)) from gvc_traffic30 where traffic_date in (?) and clli in (?) and traffic_type = 'N' group by clli, traffic_date, traffic_hour running with args : 01-Jul-2002 uslecatl5e1 For all those that question...@args is: 0 :01-Jul-2002 1 :uslecatl5e1