The following should give you a reference to an array of hashref in $ref: 

my $ref = $dbh->selectall_arrayref(
    "SELECT field1, field2 FROM location
     WHERE restriction = 'RESTRICTION NAME'",
    { Slice => {} }
);

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Each hashref should have 'field1' and 'field2' as keys. You can pass that around as needed and wind up with something like this: 
for my $row_ref ( @{$ref} ) {
    # do something awesome with $row_ref->{field1} and $row_ref->{fiel
+d2}.
}

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BTW, you left out use strict; and use warnings; only for the sake of brevity, right?

Update: edited SQL for better formatting

You must always remember that the primary goal is to drain the swamp even when you are hip-deep in alligators.

In reply to Re: MySQL results inserted into Perl variable by boftx
in thread MySQL results inserted into Perl variable by shake7

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