afaik the only real way to do this is to scan through matrix_ref and generate the array you want. SQL doesn't really allow you to do things like that. 

# build a hash to mash all of the fruits together.
#
foreach my $row (@$matrix_ref)
{
   # add the some_col to the fruit
   push(@{$tmp_hash->{$row[0]}}, $row[1]);
}

my $output;
my $i;
foreach my $fruit (keys(%$tmp_hash))
{
   # make the fruit the first element of the sub array
   push(@{$output->[$i]}, $fruit);
   # push the some_col's onto the array
   push(@{$output->[$i]}, @{$tmp_hash->{'fruit'}};
   # start creating the next sub array
   $i++;
}

#output should now be what you want.

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not tested, if it blows up your house it ain't my fault. :)

In reply to Re: DBI fetchall_arrayref by amw1
in thread DBI fetchall_arrayref by kiat

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