Need help on Oraperl & SQL

[li-fang . chew]

Hi,
I am having problem and need your attention. How to write an SQL statement for the 
below in Oraperl:
 $csr = &ora_open($lda,"select datetime, comments, user_id
                                        from table1
                                where message = 'NEW USER'");

I knew that this will not work. Please advice the correct syntax to write it. Thanks.
 
By the way, where can I get all the syntax documentation for Oraperl?

Regards, 
chewlf