Nothing wrong with your code - it gets the job done, it's easy to understand - it's not that big. "jeffa" had a good example using the perl "grep" function, but I find those long one or two liners harder to understand than something simple (with a few more lines) like you've done here.

As "jeffa" (I think) pointed out, you could probably shorten your code by replacing the prepare, execute, and fetch with a selectrow_arrayref - from 'perldoc DBI': 
       "selectrow_arrayref"
             $ary_ref = $dbh->selectrow_arrayref($statement);
             $ary_ref = $dbh->selectrow_arrayref($statement, \%attr);
             $ary_ref = $dbh->selectrow_arrayref($statement, \%attr, @
+bind_values);
           This utility method combines "prepare", "execute" and
           "fetchrow_arrayref" into a single call. It returns the firs
+t row of
           data from the statement.  The $statement parameter can be a
+ previ-
           ously prepared statement handle, in which case the "prepare
+" is
           skipped.
                                                                      
+          
           If any method fails, and "RaiseError" is not set, "selectro
+w_array"
           will return undef.

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HTH.

In reply to Re: DBI: Better way to find number of rows in a table? by hmerrill
in thread DBI: Better way to find number of rows in a table? by anjiro

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