Update: This is piffle. Follow simonm's advice.
You want an array reference, as used in the docs. They can be created using the square bracket notation thusly: 
my $array_ref = ["foo", "bar", "baz"];

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Note that $array_ref is a scalar. To use it in your context: 
my $table = new HTML::Table (
    -border => 1,
    -rules   => 'both',
    -spacing => 0,
    -padding => 3,
    -align   => 'CENTER',
    -style   => 'text-align: right;',
    -width   => '100%',
    -head    => [$sth->{NAME}, "foo", "bar", "baz", "whatever"],
    -data    => $data,
);

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davis
It wasn't easy to juggle a pregnant wife and a troubled child, but somehow I managed to fit in eight hours of TV a day.

In reply to Re: HTML::Table multi-row head by davis
in thread HTML::Table multi-row head by avik

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