Hello All,

I am using DBI for the first time and am able to use fetchrow_array without any problems. It returns data as I would expect.

My problem arises when I attempt to use fetchrow_hashref. This does not appear to work correctly. I am using Win2K with an Access db. 

use DBI;
use DBD::ODBC;

my $DSN = 'perltest'; 
my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:ODBC:$DSN", '','') || die "$DBI::errstr\n"
+; 

my $sql;
# there are three rows that match this select statement
$sql = "SELECT * FROM contacts WHERE phone = '8675309'";
$sth = $dbh->prepare($sql);
$sth->execute;
# this works fine as it displays the first row of data
@row = $sth->fetchrow_array;
print "@row<br>\n";

# this does not work - displays a blank line
$hashrow = $sth->fetchrow_hashref;
print "$hashrow{phone} <br>\n";

$sth->finish();
$dbh->disconnect();

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I have gone through piles of other examples on this site and others, but still no luck - is it my code? am I blind and missing something??

Any help you could offer would be appreciated

-Jeff

In reply to DBI and fetchrow_hashref by jeff867

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