my @seiten= qw/vnav_head vnav_item vnav_foot hnav_head hnav_item hnav_foot/; @seiten = join ',', map {$_ = "'$_'";} @seiten; my $sql = qq! SELECT template FROM template WHERE name IN(@seiten) !; my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql) or die DBI::errstr; $sth->execute or die DBI::errstr; while ((my $template) = $sth->fetchrow_array()) { print $template,"\n"; } $sth->finish(); $dbh->disconnect();