I use only one sub to run simple SQL:

sub runSQL {
    my $sql = shift;

    if ($sql =~ /^select/i) {
        my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql);

        if (!$sth) {
            die "Error:" . $dbh->errstr . " :: $sql\n";
        }
        if (!$sth->execute) {
              die "Error:" . $sth->errstr . " :: $sql\n";
        }
    
        my @ret;
        while (my $ref = $sth->fetchrow_hashref()) {
            push @ret, $ref;
        }
        $sth->finish();
        return \@ret;
    }
    elsif ($sql =~ /^(insert|update|delete)/i) {
            
        if (!($dbh->do($sql))) {
              die "Error:" . $dbh->errstr . " :::: $sql\n";
        }
    }
}
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and I get a reference to an array of hashes that holds values of SELECTS..

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