sv_undef came back? I just discovered that 4.018 has an sv_undef again in dbdimp.c. Here is the patch that makes it work under bleadperl: --- dbdimp.c~ 2010-10-27 06:28:58.000000000 +0200 +++ dbdimp.c 2010-10-27 06:29:07.000000000 +0200 @@ -2444,7 +2444,7 @@ { const char* clientinfo = mysql_get_client_info(); result= clientinfo ? - sv_2mortal(newSVpv(clientinfo, strlen(clientinfo))) : &sv_undef; + sv_2mortal(newSVpv(clientinfo, strlen(clientinfo))) : &PL_sv_undef; } else if (kl == 13 && strEQ(key, "clientversion")) { HTH, Regards,