select name, address, phonehome, phonework from addressbook; #### select name from addressbook; #### $info = { name => "fred", }; #### my @case; while( my $info = $sth->fetchrow_hashref) { push @case, $info->{name}; } print "@case\n"; # prints built up @case. #### my $names = $dbh->selectcol_arrayref( "select name from addressbook where name like ?", undef, $name ) or die "select failed. " . $dbh->errstr; my @case = @$names; # If you'd rather deal with an array print "@case\n"; # prints out ALL of the names selected.