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use Data:: Dumper;
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print Dumper $dbh;   <i>###This displays $VAR1 = bless( {}, 'DBI::db' ); -does this mean DB connection was established? (do need an answer here)</i>
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print $rows; <i>###This displays ARRAY(0x1ed0ad8)</i>
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print Dumper $rows; <i>### This displays $VAR1 = []; which means the array reference is empty-but why?</i>
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my $rows=[];
	$sth = $dbh->prepare( $SQL );
	$sth->execute();
	
	push @{$rows}, $_ while $_ = $sth->fetchrow_hashref();
	
	print Dumper $dbh; #Prints $VAR1 = bless( {}, 'DBI::db' ); 
	print Dumper $sth;#Prints $VAR1 = bless( {}, 'DBI::st' ); 
	print Dumper $rows; #Prints $VAR1 = [];