I cant seen to figure out how to access the the data in the DBI object and get it back in. 
$Query_Statement="
SELECT fname,lname,address,city,state,zip,phone,email 
FROM main 
ORDER by lname,fname;";

    my $DataOut = $DBHandle->prepare($Query_Statement);
    $DataOut->execute();

foreach my $row_ref (@$DataOut->fetchrow_array){
        my $fname = @$row_ary[0];
        my $lname = @$row_ary[1];

        my $total += length($fname);
        my $total += length($lname);

        if ((length($fname) + length($lname)) > 18){
            my $Fintial = substr($fname,0,1);
            if ((length($Fintial) + length($lname)) > 18){
                $lname = substr($lname,0,16);
            }
            $row_ary[0] = $Fintial;
            $row_ary[1] = $lname;
        }
        else{
            next;
        }
    }

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In reply to accessing data in DBI object by arcnon

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