package One; $cache = {}; sub query { my $sql = "select first, last, phone, address from db..table where last like 'A%'"; data($sql); } sub data { my $sql = @_; my $dsn = "dbi:mysql:$database:$host:$port"; my $dbh = DBI->connect($dsn,$user,$pwd) || die "Could not connect: $DBI::errstr\n"; my $query = $dbh->selectall_arrayref($sql, { Slice => {} }); foreach my $row (@$query) { $cache{$row->{phone}}{last} = $row->{last}; $cache{$row->{phone}}{first} = $row->{first}; $cache{$row->{phone}}{address} = $row->{address}; } bless $cache{$row->{phone}}; } #### package Two; use One; $hash = &One::query(); %hash = %$hash;