Hi all,

I'm storing a hash table, as a scalar, in a single database record. I converted the hash to a scalar using Data::Dumper.

I'm trying to retrieve that record and convert it back to a hash, but am having problems. 

 if (defined $ref)  {
  print "REF: $ref <br> \n";
             $HASH = eval ($ref);
             %data = %$HASH;
          }
          else  {
              %data = {};
         }

          print "MYHASH: $_ $data{$_} <br> \n" for (sort keys %data); 
+exit;

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Here is the output: 
REF: $VAR1 = { 'KeyWordMapper:Modify' => 'notify', 'DispatchHistory:Re
+store' => 'notify', 'BuildReport:CSETicketSummary' => 'notify', 'Agen
+da:StatusRestore' => 'notify', 'BuildReport:SQATestDetails' => 'notif
+y', 'Agenda:Create' => 'notify' };

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%data seems to be empty and I don't know why. Any thoughts ???

In reply to Having problems using eval() by TASdvlper

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