use DBI; $uid = getlogin(); my $dbh = DBI->connect('DBI:ODBC:test',$uid,'',{ RaiseError => 1, AutoCommit => 0}) or die "Couldn't connect to database: " . DBI->errstr; print "Enter new phone number: "; $phone = ; chop($phone); $sth = $dbh->prepare("update UINFO.USER_INFO_MODIFY set PHONE=?"); $sth->execute($phone); $dbh->commit() or die "Could not commit: " . DBI->errstr; $dbh->disconnect(); exit;