Looking at your code, I do not see an error. $temp_hash{$temp_name} is a valid key/value pair of a properly declared hash...

From my own mistakes in the past, here's a suggestion: check the output of your SQL query. It looks like your $sql_result is not defined and so $temp_hash becomes a scalar, which is not defined. Insert a 

print "sql_result=($sql_result), temp_name=($temp_name), temp_id=($tem
+p_id)\n";

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That would help clarify what's going on with the code...

Alternatively, assign $sql_result a value directly for testing and verify the behaviour of the program...

 

UPDATE: tests have shown that in the situation I've described, perl does not complain... it only does if %temp_hash is really not defined. Therefore, I tend to agree with Fletch: it might be the scope...

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In reply to Re: Adding value to hash by bofh_of_oz
in thread Adding value to hash by danidin

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