use DBI; my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:SQLite:dbname=test.db","","") or die DBI::errstr; my $sql = "SELECT ID, Vegetarisch FROM Buchungen WHERE Datum = '".datum()."';"; my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql); $sth->execute; my $anzahl_rows = $sth->rows; print $anzahl_rows;