ok, i'm retrieving data from a mysql query, and i want to do a foreach loop through it and place it all into a hash (assigning different fields as the key depending on a preset "sort" variable), but this referece to an array of references to arrays of references or whatever is making my head hurt. please help: 
# make the query
$array_ref = $dbh->selectall_arrayref("SELECT name,height,width,date F
+ROM mydatabase");

# drop it all into a hash named %DB
foreach $i ($$array_ref) {
    if($Sort == "byname") {
        $DB{ $$i[0] } = [ $$i[1],$$i[2],$$i[3] ];
    } elsif($Sort == "bydate") {
        $DB{ $$i[3] } = [ $$i[1],$$i[2],$$i[0] ];
    }
}

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so....what am i screwing up, because i get errors out the wazoo.

In reply to DBI help, aka confused newbie by Anonymous Monk

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