I'm a newbie at this, and I've been given a very large program to manage, and I'm just trying to add some code, but I get the following error:

Global symbol "$shipment_request_id" requires explicit package name at /apollo/env/fulfillmentCenter/bin/collate-tool.new line 297.

It is created with:

my $shipment_request_id = $row_r->{shipment_request_id};

at line 172, inside of an if statement. At line 297 (where the complaint is heard) I'm simply trying to use it. Now, I'm using it inside of yet another if statement.

So my question, generally, is concerning the scope of perl variables. How do you create global variables that can be seen at all points of your program?

Oh, and line 297 is:

$esdSummaryBlock .= " <tdx align=center>$shipment_request_id</tdx>\n";

I had to changet the td tag to tds just to get it past the perlmongers editor.

In reply to Global Variables by kmullin

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