Monks,

I'm using Class::DBI. I have the following syntax which won't work (in Perl 5.005) and I'm wondering how it can be done: 

use strict;
use warnings;

...snip...

   my $nn = "admin_contact_fk" ;
   my $foo = $record->$nn;

perl -c CDNR.pm
syntax error at CDNR.pm line 293, near "$nn;"
BEGIN not safe after errors--compilation aborted at CDNR.pm line 466.

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Doesn't work... but...

   my $foo = $record->admin_contact_fk;

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Does work.

Can someone explain how to use a variable with the "->" operator?

UPDATE: changed subject to include perl version

Please don't tell me to upgrade, as I don't control the production environment at my $firm.

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In reply to Syntax question (Perl 5.005)... by freddo411

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