I have read the POD on HTML::Template several times now, and the POD on DBI/DBD::MySQL in the attempt to use the fetchall_arrayref() method from the DBI to feed a template loop. Is this indeed possible - or do I actually have to manually loop through the 30 or more records to build the array reference of hash references that Template loop is wanting?

example of what i THINK the DBD is returning (and appearantly is NOT working with Template): 

my @loop_data=();
$loop_data=[
    {Auction=>'Test1', ID=>'1'},
    {Auction=>'Test2', ID=>'2'},
    {Auction=>'Test3', ID=>'3'},
    {Auction=>'Test4', ID=>'4'},
];
$template->param(table1 => \@loop_data);

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the same code DOES work with: 

my @loop_data=();
my %rowdat;
$rowdat{Auction}='Test1';
$rowdat{ID}='1';
push(@loop_data, \%rowdat);
$template->param(table1 => \@loop_data);

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Or the iterative version thereof. What obvious thing am I missing - or is it just not possible and I am beating my head on a stone wall?

Thanks in advance for any help on this, my first posting.

Edit - Petruchio Sat Oct 20 02:36:36 UTC 2001: Added markup

In reply to By ref or by ..well..ref! by growlf

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