while ( my $thread = $sth->fetchrow_hashref() ){
        push @msgs, [$thread->{id}, 
                     $thread->{name}, 
                     $thread->{date},
                     $thread->{subj},
                     $thread->{day_rate},
                     $thread->{msg}];
    }

##</code><code>##

    while ( my $thread = $sth->fetchrow_hashref() ){
        # I duplicate the data because DBI says that it may
        # choose to reuse the reference that it returns.
        push @msgs, { %$thread };
    }