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(my $buddy_count = $dbh->selectrow_array ("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM profil
+e") ) or die "query failed"

Also, in a scalar context, an undef is returned if there are no more r
+ows or if an error occurred. That undef can't be distinguished from a
+n undef returned because the first field value was NULL. For these re
+asons you should exercise some caution if you use selectrow_array in 
+a scalar context, or just don't do that.