i'm sure i'm overlooking something really trivial, but i can't understand what's happening...hoping someone can help (and forgive the elementary nature of this post!!) my code looks like: 
1  while (my $dbpass = $sth->fetchrow_arrayref)
2    {
3       ($UIDholder, $LNholder) = @{$dbpass};
4    }
5  print p($UIDholder);  #checking value of UIDholder
6  if (length $LNholder == 0) {
7       print p($UIDholder);  #checking value of UIDholder
8       print p("Please continue on to the next page to complete the r
+egistration process.");
9       print '<form action="ti_newprofile.pl">';
10     print '<input type="hidden" name="UIDholder" value="$UIDholder"
+>';
11     print '<input type="submit" value="Continue"></form>';

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and the source code for the resulting page looks like this:

<form action="ti_newprofile.pl">
<input type="hidden" name="UIDholder" value="$UIDholder">'
<input type="submit" value="Continue">'
</form>

when i print $UIDholder at lines 5 and 7, it holds the correct value.....why is the reference printing at line 10? i've tried both value=$UIDholder and value="UIDholder", and neither works.

again, my apologies for the simplistic nature of this question - i'm probably just too tired!!

In reply to scalar ref losing it's value? by jck

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