Re: DB search results using DBI...execute

use strict; use warnings; 
use Data::Dumper; 

my @arr=({a=>1,b=>2},{a=>3,b=>4},{a=>5,b=>6}); 
print '$#arr       :'.$#arr."\n";
print 'scalar(@arr):'.scalar(@arr)."\n";
print Dumper \@arr; 


my @results = rvar('hash') . "\n";
print Dumper \@results; 
print "Number of array elements: <b>" . @results . "</b><br>\n";

my @results2 = rvar('arr') . "\n";
print Dumper \@results2; 
print "Number of array elements: <b>" . @results2 . "</b><br>\n";

sub rvar { 
my $mode=shift; 
my @arr=({a=>1,b=>2},{a=>3,b=>4},{a=>5,b=>6}); 
if ($#arr eq 2) {print "text eq works but weird\n"; } 
if ($mode eq 'hash') {  
  my $hashRef = $arr[0];
  return $hashRef; 
  } 
elsif ($mode eq 'arr') {  
  my $arrayRef = \@arr;
  return $arrayRef;
  } 
return 0; 
}
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result

$#arr       :2
scalar(@arr):3
$VAR1 = [
          {
            'b' => 2,
            'a' => 1
          },
          {
            'b' => 4,
            'a' => 3
          },
          {
            'a' => 5,
            'b' => 6
          }
        ];
text eq works but weird
$VAR1 = [
          'HASH(0x3f7f2c)
'
        ];
Number of array elements: <b>1</b><br>
text eq works but weird
$VAR1 = [
          'ARRAY(0xb321bc)
'
        ];
Number of array elements: <b>1</b><br>
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First, $#arr returns the index of the last element, not the count.
Second all you ever return from sql_execute is a scalar, it may be a hashref, or a arrayref, or a number but it is always a scalar.
Third, in my @results = search_item($dbh, \@users, $st, $sv) . "\n"; you force scalar mode with the . for concatenation, and the "\n" gets placed into the @results array appended to scalar result as its only item.
Fourth, you never showed us search_item so i am just sortof guessing but if search_item actualy did return an array the size of the array would be concatenated with the "\n" since scalar context was forced

Edit: added "index of the" to "returns the index of the last element"

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Re^2: DB search results using DBI...execute by jamroll (Beadle) on Mar 04, 2017 at 21:49 UTC
my oops - here's the "search_item" code... sub search_item($$$$) { #* # to search for a list of user IDs which match one criteria (ie: eye +_clr=1) # searches can only happen with the logged in user # we must not include the logged in user in the search results! # nor should we include those that are banned or security level 888 +or higher #* my ($db, $usersRef, $name, $value) = @_; # a DBH && a reference to a + list of users to search && the name of the item to search for && the + value the named item must be my @searched; # a list of UIDs which match the given name=value pair +s my $query = "select ID from users where $name='$value';"; my $resultsRef = sql_execute($db, $query); if ($resultsRef) { if (ref $resultsRef eq "ARRAY") { # we have multiple hits! my @array = @$resultsRef; foreach my $hit (@array) { # $hit is a hash reference. my %hash = %$hit; push @searched, $hash{ID}; } } else { # we only have one hit! my %hash = %$resultsRef; push @searched, $hash{ID}; } } # it is very possible to have an empty "searched" array. # this is totally ok. return @searched; # an array of uid's which matched the specified cr +iteria, minus the logged in user's uid #usage: my @results = search_item($db, \@uList, "eyes", "1"); } [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: DB search results using DBI...execute by jamroll (Beadle) on Mar 04, 2017 at 21:55 UTC
reviewed my code, and sure enough, that damn "\n" is there! now i feel REALLY dumb! lol - TYVM, huck, for pointing that out! i don't have a CLUE how i did that. Likely due to commenting, and modifications, and just missed it. now, i get a list of UID's, and not just a 3. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I think i can finally move onto the next stage. MOST appreciated, Sire.	[reply]
Re^3: DB search results using DBI...execute by huck (Prior) on Mar 04, 2017 at 22:02 UTC
Dont forget to fix the `if ($#arr eq 1) {` test too. its either `if ($#arr eq 0) {` or `if (sclalar(@arr) eq 1) {`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: DB search results using DBI...execute by jamroll (Beadle) on Mar 04, 2017 at 22:19 UTC
wow. so many different ways to do things, makes it hard to keep track of which is right lol. ok. so, i changed it from `$#arr` to `scalar(@arr)` i'll have to rip through some 30,000 lines of code to fix that issue. do i have to use `if (scalar(@arr) eq 1)` or would `if (@arr eq 1)` work the same?	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: DB search results using DBI...execute by huck (Prior) on Mar 04, 2017 at 22:42 UTC