Call me crazy, but if I were you I would be using selectrow_array or selectrow_hashref for your data retrieval. For instance:

$href = $dbh->selectrow_hashref("SELECT name,parent FROM category WHER
+E id = '$ids'") or die $dbh->errstr;

 push(@info, $href{'name'});
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I believe that would be better suited to your needs.