OK, feel free to point and laugh!

 my $self = shift;
    foreach my $var($self->tsids) {
        my $name = new profile($var); ###profile->Name($var)
   my $connection = $self->connection;
   my $sth = $connection->connection->prepare( "SELECT  Last_Name = La
+stName, First_Name = FirstName, Middle_Name = MidName, Job_Title = Jo
+bTitle, Birthdate = Birthdate FROM table WHERE database_wide_key = ?"
+ );
   my @names = ($var);
   my $rc = $sth->execute(@names) or die "I'm sorry dave";
   my $fieldnames = $sth->{NAME};

   while(my $row = $sth->fetch) {

    for (0 .. ( scalar @{ $fieldnames } -1 )) { $_ = '' unless defined
+; 

    $_ =~ s/\s//g;
   my $prop = $fieldnames->[ $_ ];
   my $val = $row->[ $_];
   $name->$prop($val);
   }
    }
    }

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This code fails with an error message saying that ARRAY(XXXXXX) is not a valid value, which I understand that it is not. I just can't figure out how to dereference the array reference so that ARRAY(XXXXXXX) is resolved to a number.

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Dereference an array reference by fmogavero
in thread Dereference an array reference by fmogavero

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