I like to explicitly state my keys and use DBI::fetchrow_arrayref and a hash slice for better control (and a nice performance boost).

my @keys = qw/ id first_name last_name felony_convictions /;

while ( my $values = $sth->fetchrow_arrayref ) {
    my %results;
    @results{ @keys } = @$values;
    push @data => \%results;
}

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With this idiom, I never have to worry about what how the DBD will handle the hash keys. Further, if you change the field names in the database, you merely update your SQL and don't have to worry about the rest of your code breaking.

If you use this, be careful that you declare your hash inside of the while loop. If you declare it outside of the loop, you'll be putting a reference to the same hash in every element of data.

Cheers,
Ovid

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In reply to Re: selectrow_hashref upper/lower case by Ovid
in thread selectrow_hashref upper/lower case by valdez

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