my $sthH= $dbh->prepare("SELECT code from Disease_Types") or die "Couldn't prepare query: ".$dbh->errstr; $sthH->execute or die "Couldn't execute query: ".$sthG->errstr;; my @names =(); while (my ($name) = $sthH->fetchrow_array) { push @names, $name; } my @new_name = (); foreach (@names){ my $name = $_; my $cat_name = "A"."$name"; push @new_name, $cat_name; } #print @new_name; foreach (@new_name){ my $sthI = $dbh->prepare('INSERT into Disease_Types (Adapted_code) Values ("$_")'); }