my @results = &row_sql(qq~ select * from table where ...; ~);

my @results = &get_sql(qq~ select id from table where ...; ~);

my $rows = &hash_sql(qq~ select * from table; ~);
foreach my $row (@$rows){
  print "$row->{id}, $row->{somecolumn}\n";
}

##</code><code>##

	until (
    $dbh=DBI->connect_cached($connectionInfo,$user,$passwd, {PrintError=>0} )
	) { if ($sqlw){print "Retrying SQL Connect ($DBI::errstr) ...";} sleep(1); }
	
  until (
	  eval {
  	$sth=$dbh->prepare($insert);
    if ($sth->execute()) {
      $sth->finish;
		}
	}
	) { if ($sqlw){print "Retrying SQL Insert ($DBI::errstr)...";} sleep (1); $retry_count++;}

##</code><code>##


use DBI;

&sql_setup;

$sqlw = 0;  #Don't print SQL warnings

sub sql_setup{
	if ($_ eq ""){
		$db="YOUR DATABASE";
	}else{
		$db = $_[0];
	}
	$user="YOUR USER";
	$passwd="YOUR PASSWORD";
	$host="YOUR SERVER:3306";
	$connectionInfo="dbi:mysql:$db;$host";
	$sql = 1;
}

sub del_sql{
	if ($_[0] eq ""){print "Empty Delete";}
	&sql($_[0]);
}

sub mod_sql{
	if ($_[0] eq ""){print "Empty Modify";}
	&sql($_[0]);
}

sub put_sql{
	if ($_[0] eq ""){print "Empty Put";}
	&sql($_[0]);
}

sub row_sql(){
	$sql_r++;
  my $select = $_[0];
  my @row,$dbh,$sth,$retry_count;
  if ($select eq ""){print "Empty Select."; exit;}
	
	until (
    $dbh=DBI->connect_cached($connectionInfo,$user,$passwd, {PrintError=>0} )
	) { if ($sqlw){print "Retrying SQL Connect ($DBI::errstr) ...";} sleep(1); }
	
  until (
	  eval {
  	$sth=$dbh->prepare($select);
    if ($sth->execute()) {
      @row=$sth->fetchrow_array();
      $sth->finish;
	  }
	}
	) { if ($sqlw){print "Retrying SQL Row ($DBI::errstr)...";} sleep (1); $retry_count++;}
	return @row;
}

sub get_sql(){
	$sql_g++;
  my $select = $_[0];
	my $c = 0;
  my @results,@row,$dbh,$sth;
  if ($select eq ""){print "Empty Select."; exit;}
	
	until (
    $dbh=DBI->connect_cached($connectionInfo,$user,$passwd, {PrintError=>0} )
	) { if ($sqlw){print "Retrying SQL Connect ($DBI::errstr) ...";} sleep(1); }
	
  until (
	  eval {			
		$sth = $dbh->prepare($select);
    if ($sth->execute()) {
      while (@row=$sth->fetchrow_array()) {
  	    @results[$c] = @row[0];
  	    $c++;
      }
	    $sth->finish;
		}
		}
	) { if ($sqlw){print "Retrying SQL Get ($DBI::errstr)...";} sleep (1); $retry_count++;}
	
  return (@results);
}

sub hash_sql(){
	$sql_h++;
  my $select = $_[0];
  my $dbh,$sth,$retry_count,$rows;
  if ($select eq ""){print "Empty Select."; exit;} 
	until (
    $dbh=DBI->connect_cached($connectionInfo,$user,$passwd, {PrintError=>0} )
	) { if ($sqlw){print "Retrying SQL Connect ($DBI::errstr) ...";} sleep(1); }

  until (
	  eval {
     $rows = $dbh->selectall_arrayref(
      $select,
      { Slice => {} }
		 );
		}
  ) { if ($sqlw){print "Retrying SQL Hash Select ($DBI::errstr)...";} sleep (1); $retry_count++;}
	
  return ($rows);	
}


sub sql{
	$sql_a++;
  my @row,$dbh,$sth,$retry_count;
	my $insert = $_[0];
	if ($insert eq ""){print "Empty insert."; exit;}

	until (
    $dbh=DBI->connect_cached($connectionInfo,$user,$passwd, {PrintError=>0} )
	) { if ($sqlw){print "Retrying SQL Connect ($DBI::errstr) ...";} sleep(1); }
	
  until (
	  eval {
  	$sth=$dbh->prepare($insert);
    if ($sth->execute()) {
      $sth->finish;
		}
	}
	) { if ($sqlw){print "Retrying SQL Insert ($DBI::errstr)...";} sleep (1); $retry_count++;}
	
	return 1;
}