Try using Data::Dumper to examine the structure of $data. Then you might have better luck at figuring out how to access the various fields.

use Data::Dumper;
print(Dumper($data));

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You need

use strict ; 
use warnings ; 
use XML::Simple ;

my $xml = <<'EOD' ;
<database name="somedb">
  <table name="table1">
    <column name="column11" type="CHAR" />
    <column name="column12" type="CHAR" />
  </table>
  <table name="table2">
    <column name="column21" type="CHAR" />
    <column name="column22" type="CHAR" />
  </table>
</database>
EOD

my $data = XMLin( $xml, forcearray => 1 ) ;
 
foreach my $table_name ( keys(%{$data->{'table'}}) )
{
   my $table = $data->{'table'}{$table_name};

   foreach my $column_name ( keys(%{$table->{'column'}}) )
   {
      my $column      = $table->{'column'}{$column_name};
      my $column_type = $column->{'type'}; 

      print("Type of column $column_name in table $table_name is $colu
+mn_type.\n");
   }
}

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In reply to Re: Help!! XML::Simple with nested arrays by ikegami
in thread Help!! XML::Simple with nested arrays by Frank John

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