in reply to multiple perl-mysql queries...

Instead of the unportable DESCRIBE table, use DBI's table_info. Then use the results to get rid of that ugly SELECT *.

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I wanted to explore how Perl's closures can be manipulated, and ended up creating an object system by accident.
-- Schemer

: () { :|:& };:

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