$sqlStr = "select createwbparserun( '$directory' , '$filename' ) "; print $sqlStr. "\n" ; my $sth = $db_in->prepare( $sqlStr ); $sth->execute(); my $aryRef = $sth->fetchall_arrayref([0]); my $a = $ {$aryRef }[0]; print "Reference: $aryRef\n"; print "Dereferenced: $a\n"; print "Deref again: ${$a}[0] \n"; $wb_runkey = ${$a}[0]; print $aryRef->[0]->[0] . "\n"; ##print Dumper @a; ##$wb_runkey = $a[0]; print "WORKBOOK run key: " . $wb_runkey . "\n" ;