Dear Folks,, In the Perl Cookbook p. 426 there is an example of a structure like this: 
$record = {
     NAME => "Jason",
     EMPNO => "132",
     (etc..)
};

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I understand that we have ref to an anonymous hash, but along the lines in the book, we want more than just one record, we want many, so the book suggests that create a %byname hash that we use this way: 
$byname {$record->{NAME}} = $record;

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What is the idea with this? We now have a hash of a hash, with the value of the $byname key (name) is the reference to the record ..?? How do we get many records from such a contruction? I think it is a bit confusing. Regards, ta

In reply to Example in Cookbook of hash of hash by theantler

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