OK a few observations: 
    ### grabbing every column
    my $dbCommand = qq^select ^;
    foreach (@ticketsFields) {
        $dbCommand .= "$_,";
    }
    $dbCommand =~ s/,$//;

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ok I think all of that is simply: 
my $dbCommand = 'select '.join ',',@ticketsFields;

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Why do you need this copy? and deref doesn't need {} , just use @$rows .. 
my @newArray = @{$rows};

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All of this: 
 for(my $x = 0; $x < $ticketsFieldsSize; $x++)
            {
                ### assign the key and value in the hash
                $GenericData{$ticketsFields[$x]} = $newArray[$x];
            }

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might be something like: 
@GenericData{@ticketsFields} = @$rows;

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and lastly, you don't need a "return" at the end- whatever value is at the end, IS returned: 
\@ticketsRecords;
}

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In reply to Re: Is there a cleaner way to write this code below, which includes derferencing references, that themselves have to be dereferenced? by misterperl
in thread Is there a cleaner way to write this code below, which includes derferencing references, that themselves have to be dereferenced? by bartender1382

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