If I do this: 
my $d = DBI->connect( 'stuff', 'user', 'pass' )
  || die("couldn't connect to database");
my ($min,$max) = $d->selectrow_array(
"SELECT min(id),max(id) from images where foo like 'bar%'"
)

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then $max comes out undef.

But if I run that from the command line mysql client, it looks fine. 

mysql> SELECT min(id),max(id) from images where foo like 'bar%';
+---------+---------+
| min(id) | max(id) |
+---------+---------+
|   61893 |   62437 |
+---------+---------+
1 row in set (0.59 sec)

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So, what am I missing?

Nobody says perl looks like line-noise any more
kids today don't know what line-noise IS ...

In reply to selectrow_array() confusion by Cody Pendant

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