I am getting an error like : "Can't use string (" SOMETHING ") as an array ref while " strict refs" in use"

Where? I don't see what would output that error in that code.

I could see the error popping later if you treat @$new_array_ref as rows of fields instead of a flat array. 

                     missing
                        |
                        v
push @{$new_array_ref}, [ $one, $two, $three, $four, $five, $six, $sev
+en, $eight, $nine, $ten, $eleven ];

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Update:

By the way, DBI calls don't set $!, and it's silly to duplicate RaiseError. Cleaner: 

my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql, { RaiseError => 1 });

$sth->execute();

my @new;
while (my $row = $sth->fetch()) {
   $row[0] =~ s/2009/01112009/g;
   $row[4] =~ s/204/APROV/g;
   $row[5] =~ s/john/John/g;

   # Can't just push $row.
   # Must make copy of $row
   # according to DBI docs.
   push @new, [ @$row ];
}

print(Dumper(\@new));

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In reply to Re: Can't Use String as an Array Ref Help! by ikegami
in thread Can't Use String as an Array Ref Help! by Anonymous Monk

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