I recommend you first get rid of that db_query function ... DBI has plenty of abstraction, i don't understand why folks just can't RTFM a bit more ... Anyways :) Try this untested snippet of code:
my $dbh = DBI->connect( qw(DBI:mysql:database:host user pass), #substitute your values here {RaiseError => 1 }, ); my $sections = $dbh->selectall_arrayref(' SELECT id, title FROM sections ',{Slice => {}}); for my $section (@$sections) { my $pages = $dbh->selectall_arrayref(' SELECT SELECT title FROM pages WHERE sectionid = ? ',{Slice => {}}, $section->{id}); $section->{pages} = $pages; } my $tmpl = HTML::Template->new(filehandle => \*DATA); $tmpl->param(sections => $sections); print $tmpl->output; __DATA__ <ul> <tmpl_loop sections> <li>Section: <tmpl_var title> <ul> <tmpl_loop pages> <li>Page: <tmpl_var title></li> </tmpl_loop> </ul> </tmpl_loop> </ul>

jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)

In reply to Re: HTML::Template: Howto make a inner/outer loop? by jeffa
in thread HTML::Template: Howto make a inner/outer loop? by grath

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