Re^3: Can't use string ("") as a HASH ref while "strict refs"

$config{'db'}{'$key'} = $val;
should be
$config{'db'}{$key} = $val;
but I don't think that will fix your error. The error seems to indicate that $config{'db'} was assigned '' or undef. Are you sure both %config are the same variable?

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Re^4: Can't use string ("") as a HASH ref while "strict refs" by hesco (Deacon) on Nov 26, 2005 at 05:08 UTC
You wrote: Are you sure both %config are the same variable? Both %config and what? are the same variable?	[reply]
Re^5: Can't use string ("") as a HASH ref while "strict refs" by ikegami (Patriarch) on Nov 26, 2005 at 05:15 UTC
The %config in the first snippet and %config in the second snippet. Maybe they are both package (`our`) variables, but in different packages. Maybe one is a package (`our`) variable, and the other is a lexical (`my`) variable. ~~Maybe they are both lexical (`my`) variables, but different lexical varibbles (i.e. in different scopes).~~ [There's an `our` in one of the snippets.]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
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