You are only fetching one array into @record at a time, so it should be like this: 
my $sql = "select * from location";
my $sth = $dbh->prepare( $sql );
$sth->execute();
while (my @record = $sth->fetchrow_array) {
  print join(", ", @record);
  print "\n";
}
$dbh->disconnect();

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Here is another way to do it 
#!/usr/bin/env perl
use strict; 
use warnings;
use DBI;
use SQL::Abstract;
use Data::Dump;


my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:SQLite:dbfile","","");
my $sql=SQL::Abstract->new;

# See perldoc SQL::Abstract
my($stmt, @bind) = $sql->select('location'); 

my $sth = $dbh->prepare($stmt);
$sth->execute(@bind);
my $data  = $sth->fetchall_arrayref({});

dd @$data[0]; # First row from the database as hashref
dd @$data[1]; # Second row from the database as hashref
dd $data->[0]{field1}; #field1 from first row

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Using SQL::Abstract will help avoid SQL injection attacks http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/UnixReview/col58.html

You can also grow into DBI::Class and other Object Relational Mappers later on if you need.

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

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