ah! bug in my program.... thousand apologies! -----Original Message----- From: Pete Coales [mailto:pete.coales@ramesys.com] Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 4:09 PM To: dbi mailing list Subject: bind params.... again!!!! :) i have a bind_variable containing '0' (zero). When i bind it it gets inserted in the database as a space!!! How come? And how the hell do stop it from doing it...??? perl 5 on Suse Linux accessing oracle 7. Pete Coales senior developerramesys professional services ltd eldon way crick northants nn6 7sl e-mail: pete.coales@ramesys.com web: http://www.ramesys.com ramesys professional services ltd is part of ramesys holdings ltd