in reply to Using a HASH to store a DBI connection

Store the connection info as array refs, and then dereference it when connecting:
my %db_conn = ( a_manager => [ 'DBI:Oracle:host=hostname1;sid=ABCDB01;port=1300','a +_manager','a_manager' ], ... ); ... my $dbh = DBI->connect(@$data_source) or die ...