Moron:

This isn't an answer to your question, just an observation.

Looking at the code you have, you might make things a bit simpler if you let the database do more of the work. All databases (that I'm familiar with) allow you to do a left join, so you can return all your data in one SQL statement, rather than two. Something like:

SELECT    L.key, L.blah1, R.key, R.blah2
FROM      FirstTable AS L
LEFT JOIN SecondTable AS R ON R.key = L.key

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Then you can read the result, placing all items in %abs, and also placing them into %ilb if the R.key column happens to be null--or more simply, not equal to L.key.

...roboticus

In reply to Re: putting the return value from defined for one hash as the value in another by roboticus
in thread putting the return value from defined for one hash as the value in another by Moron

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