Hi Christophe, I have a similar problem: DBD::mysql::st execute failed: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '(7) , `UPDATE_DATE` DATETIME (7) NOT NULL , `UPDATE_USER` DOUBLE (9,0) NOT NULL ' at line 8 at C:SoftwareJasperJasperETL-Win32-r1732-V1.1.1workspace.PerlTEST.job_Import1.pl line 454. My task is trying to copy a table from Oracle 9 to MySQL. I used schema export and import to synchronize the schemas. I think it looks like a bug. When I edited the schema and removed 'length' from two date fields, the task executed successfully, however, the dates were not copied to the target table. Cheers, Alex