Ronald wrote: >($everything_after_the_word_where) = $stmt =~ /where(.*)/s; Thank you Ronald. This works. The shop called and said the necessary parts needed to repair my Mac have arrived from Apple. I will finally get my powerbook back after being there one whole month! :-) Once more, I am a happy camper. Elton ====================================================================== Elton Hughes 505 W. Olive Ave. Suite 550 NOVA Private Industry Council Sunnyvale, CA 94086 http://www.novapic.org/ Phone: 408-730-7232 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ==== Want to unsubscribe from this list? ==== Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to macperl-anyperl-request@macperl.org