my %newhash; while ( my $myRef = $test->fetchrow_hashref ) { foreach my $key ( keys %$myRef ) { next if ( $key eq "TRANS_ID" ); my @tryit = split ",", $myRef->{$key}; my $name; foreach my $number ( @tryit ) { $name = $dbh->selectrow_array("SELECT PRODUCT FROM SC_PRODUCT WHERE PRODUCT_ID = $number"); push @{$newhash{$name}}, $key; } } } foreach my $key ( keys %newhash ) { print "$key : @{$newhash{$key}}\n"; }