I'm using a MySQL database to store information, and the DBI module for all of my database related stuff. Now, I have a table called user_items, with multiple rows that are going to have the same index number. One method I've been shown for fetching things is:
$sth= $dbh->prepare( "SELECT * FROM user_items WHERE  indexnum = $valu
+e");
$sth->execute();
$sth->bind_col( 2, \$val1);
$sth->bind_col( 3, \$val2);
$sth->bind_col( 4, \$val3);
while($sth->fetch) {
 print "$val1, $val2, $val3\n";
}

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However, this method only appears to work on things where the value in the column I'm checking is unique to that row. What would I do to fetch the results of a SELECT statement, when multiple rows have the same value for something?

thanks,
Spidy
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In reply to DBI/MySQL question. by Spidy

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