I cannot say if you should query your database for all possible results and store them in a hash or query them one at a time as you find them. Apart from anything else I've no idea how big this dataset may be. However you do either:

# prepare the sql once
my $sth = $dbh->prepare(q/select column1 from mytable where column2 = 
+?/);
#
while(something) {
   # assuming only one column and one row are returned
   $sth->execute($my_key_into_table);
   my ($column1) = $sth->fetchrow;  
}

[download]

or

my $hashref = $dbh->selectall_hashref(q/select column1,key_column from
+ mytable/, 'key_column');

[download]

In reply to Re: SQL Lookup/HASH by mje
in thread SQL Lookup/HASH by drodinthe559

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.