jeffa is right on.

Working with hashes, both on the input side and select side is easy:

my $stmt = 'INSERT INTO some_table (' . join(',', keys %data_to_insert
+) . ') VALUES (' . join(',', ('?') x keys %data_to_insert) . ')';
$dbh->do( $stmt, undef, values %data_to_insert);

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and selecting it:

my $stmt = 'SELECT * FROM some_table WHERE entry_id = ?';
my $row = $dbh->selectrow_hashref($stmt, undef, $entry_id);

my $full_name = $row->{first_name'} . ' ' . $row->{last_name'};

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Be sure to see gmax's wonderful DBI Recipes.

—Brad
"The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men." George Eliot

In reply to Re: Store hash in mysql by bradcathey
in thread Store hash in mysql by Anonymous Monk

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