Thank you. I will give that a try.

In the meantime, I wrote this variation. The first loop basically works. However, just as you said, each row is getting overwritten. I guess I need to instantiate a new hash instance each time the program loops as you suggested.

while (@rray = $sth -> fetchrow_array) {
    $record = "record_$i";
    %hash = ($record => {uid => $rray[0], fname => $rray[1], lname => 
+$rray[2]});
    print $hash{$record} -> {uid}, qq/ /, $hash{$record} -> {fname}, q
+q/ /, $hash{$record} -> {lname}, qq/\n/;
    $i += 1;
}

for ($i = 0; $i < 100; $i++) {
    print $hash{$i} -> {uid}, qq/ /, $hash2{$i} -> {fname}, qq/ /, $ha
+sh2{$i} -> {lname}, qq/\n/;
}

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Can I simply save each new instance of %hash to a larger hash (say %hash2) each time the program loops? Or do I need to use hash references?

I think the second loop fails because the hash is getting overwritten in the first loop. I get these errors:

pass.cgi: Use of uninitialized value in print at ./pass.cgi line 85.

with each loop. I did notice that the last record is intact ... which now makes sense. So I guess I just need to eliminate the overwriting in the first loop. Is this right?

Thanks so much.

In reply to Re^6: Best way to send records to the browser? by Perobl
in thread Best way to send records to the browser? by Perobl

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