my %common = ( source => "$dir-$filename", substatus => $status, original => $line, imported => $datetime, ); my @records = ( { contract => $data[1], invoice => $data[2], %common, }, { transaction => $data[1], contract => $data[2], amount => $data[3], applied => $data[4], account => $data[7], %common, }, { contract => $data[1], amount => $data[2], tax => $data[3], applied => $data[5], nameonpayment => $data[6], invoice => $data[7], %common, }, { nameonpayment => $data[1], account => $data[2], amount => $data[4], applied => $data[5], invoice => $data[6], %common, }, ); my @fields = do { my %seen; grep {! $seen{$_}++} map {keys %$_} @records; }; my $fields = join ',', @fields; my $placeholders = '(' . join(',', ('?') x @fields). ')'; my $all_placeholders = join ',', ($placeholders) x @records; my @values = map {@{$_}{@fields}} @records; $dbh->do("insert into batchpay ($fields) values $all_placeholders", {}, @values) or die $dbh->errstr;