my $existing_users = $dbh->selectall_hashref("SELECT `UserName`, `LastAccessDate`, `Ignore` FROM $status_database.`Status`",1); #### 'user1' => { 'UserName' => 'user1', 'Ignore' => 'N', 'LastAccessDate' => '0000-00-00' }, 'user2' => { 'UserName' => 'user2', 'Ignore' => 'N', 'LastAccessDate' => '0000-00-00' }, #### send_to_sub(%{$existing_users}); sub send_to_sub{ my $existing_users = @_; print Dumper(\$existing_users); exit; }