This problem splits nicely into two parts: getting the data from the database and building the hash of arrays. I'm going to assume that you have (or will) solve the database portion. So here is how to build the hash of arrays: 
my %state_hash;
while (<DATA>)
{
    chomp;
    my ($stamp,$state) = split/\s*\|\s*/;
    print "$stamp  $state\n";
    push @{$state_hash{$stamp}}, $state;
}
print "\n";
for my $stamp (sort keys %state_hash )
{
    print "$stamp: @{ $state_hash{$stamp} }\n";
}

__DATA__
200910021546 | Dormant
200910021546 | In Use
200910021352 | In Use
200910021352 | Dormant
200910021352 | In Use
200910021125 | In Use
200910021125 | In Use
200910021125 | Dormant

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Which prints: 
perl stampstate.pl
200910021546  Dormant
200910021546  In Use
200910021352  In Use
200910021352  Dormant
200910021352  In Use
200910021125  In Use
200910021125  In Use
200910021125  Dormant

200910021125: In Use In Use Dormant
200910021352: In Use Dormant In Use
200910021546: Dormant In Use

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In reply to Re: Creating a hash of arrays from DB results by ramlight
in thread Creating a hash of arrays from DB results by blaze

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