Can anyone tell me, if I add a record to a hash db that has 10 fields, with one field being an order number. I increment the order number, but I keep blowing away/overwriting the information in the other keys of the hash. How do I keep from doing this? 
sub dborder
{
    dbmopen(%order, "order", 0644) || die "Unable to open db : $!";
    
        $order{'o'} = $order;    
        $order{"name"} = $name;
        $order{"address"} = $add;
        $order{"city"} = $city;
        $order{"state"} = $state;
        $order{"zip"} = $zip;
        $order{"country"} = $country;
        $order{"email"} = $email;
        $order{"cost"} = $cost;
         $order{'a'} = [@food];
        $order{'b'} = [@fries];
        $order{'c'} = [@onionrings];
        $order{'d'} = [@drink];
        $order{'o'}++;
    
    dbmclose(%order) || die "Cannot close dbm file.\n";
}

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curtisb

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