use DBI; my @tables = qw(name car pet); my @name, @car, @pet; sub fill_array() { $sql = "select * from $i;"; $dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, $dbuser, $dbupass) || die "Connection failed: $!\n"; $sth = $dbh->prepare( "$lsql;" ) || die "Couldn't prepare: $!\n"; $sth->execute(); while ( my @row = $sth->fetchrow_array ) { #Here's my problem :( <@(right_array)> = (<@(right_array)>, row[1]); } $rc = $dbh->disconnect || die "Disconnect Failed: $!\n"; }