my @states = map {$_->{state}} @$citydata;
.
.
exec_select(sql, @states);
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It worked!


 my $citydata = $dbh->exec_select( "select city,state from mytable whe
+re city  = ?", $city );

 my @states = map {$_->{state}} @$citydata;
 my $statedata = join ' OR ', map { "state = ?" } @$citydata;

 my $codedata = $dbh->exec_select( "select code from othertable where 
+(year=2014 and ($statedata)), @states );
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Thanks for the help!