Is $this a constant? If it isn't, than there's your answer.

Keep in mind, if you're using a key that is a variable, it will change at any given point throughout the program as you redefine what $this is. When you call it, you can really only say it's getting over-written if $this is constant and never changing. 

#/!usr/bin/perl

use strict;

my $this = "key1";
my $that = "in1";

$hashname{$this} = $that;  # $hashname{'key1'} is 'in1'

$this = "key2";
$that = "in2";

$hashname{$this} = $that;  # $hashname{'key2'} is 'in2'
                           # $hashname{'key1'} is still 'in1'

# eof

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Also note that if you're doing some test down the line, if $that is a string, make sure you're using the text operators (eq, for example) as opposed to the numerical operators (==, !=, etc).

Without a better description of your problem, or at least a code snippet, I'm not sure you're going to get the 100% answer you're looking for.

--Coplan

In reply to Re: Database issues by Coplan
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