I found my program (which uses DBI and DBD::Sybase) produced the following diagnostic message: SV = IV(0x54a9210) at 0x54a9220 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (ROK,READONLY) RV = 0x607dc40 SV = PVHV(0x600f7f0) at 0x607dc40 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (OBJECT,SHAREKEYS) STASH = 0x510f3e8 "CacheTableDBH" ARRAY = 0x60bcaf0 (0:5, 1:3) hash quality = 150.0% KEYS = 3 FILL = 3 MAX = 7 RITER = -1 EITER = 0x0 Elt "seen_table_names" HASH = 0xc552b0aa SV = IV(0x607dd68) at 0x607dd78 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (ROK) RV = 0x50e63f0 SV = PVHV(0x4f6bca0) at 0x50e63f0 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (PADMY,RMG,SHAREKEYS) MAGIC = 0x60bd040 MG_VIRTUAL = &PL_vtbl_pack MG_TYPE = PERL_MAGIC_tied(P) MG_FLAGS = 0x02 REFCOUNTED MG_OBJ = 0x607dd90 SV = IV(0x607dd80) at 0x607dd90 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = () IV = 0 ARRAY = 0x0 KEYS = 0 FILL = 0 MAX = 7 RITER = -1 EITER = 0x0 Does this indicate an assertion failure or other error condition in the perl interpreter? If so, I will try to make a minimal test case which reproduces the error. If not, what's causing it to be printed? (didn't see this in perlfaq) -- Ed Avis <eda@waniasset.com>Thread Next