SELECT name, date FROM myothertable
Пример
use DBI;
my $db = DBI->connect('DBI:mSQL:mydata',undef,undef);
my $query = " SELECT name, date FROM myothertable WHERE name='Bob'";
my $myothertable_output = $db->prepare($query);
$myothertable_output->execute;
my $rows = $myotnertable_output->rows;
print "В таблице 'myothertable' есть $rows строк 'Воb'\n";