I'm sure it's something I'm doing since I'm a novice, but here's what's happening:
CODE:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use Spreadsheet::WriteExcel;
use DBI;

my $dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:Oracle:fds','username','password') 
or print "ain't connecting";

my $test_query = "select category ,nvl(count,0) from (
select severity,count(1) count from fsc_rpt_vw
where arrival_time >= trunc(sysdate-7)
and assigned_to_group = 'CERES_FEDERATED'
group by severity) a right outer join
(select * from fsc_categories
where type = 'SEV') b on b.category = a.severity
order by category";

      print "\n$test_query\n\n";

my $sth = $dbh->prepare($test_query);
   $sth->execute;

#$cell = 63;
my @results;
while (@results=$sth->fetchrow_array) {
     print "category = $results[0]\n";
     print "tkt_count = $results[1]\n";

     print "results = @results\n\n";
     }
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RESULTS FROM CODE:
select category ,nvl(count,0) from (
select severity,count(1) count from fsc_rpt_vw
where arrival_time >= trunc(sysdate-7)
and assigned_to_group = 'CERES_FEDERATED'
group by severity) a right outer join
(select * from fsc_categories
where type = 'SEV') b on b.category = a.severity
order by category

category = 1
tkt_count = 0
results = 1 0

category = 2
tkt_count = 11
results = 2 11

category = 4
tkt_count = 7
results = 4 7


RESULTS FROM QUERY RAN IN TOAD:
query used is the exact query printed when the code is
executed

CATEGORY    NVL(COUNT,0)
1                0
2                11
3                15
4                7
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For the life of me, I can't figure out why it skipping the
record for category 3, but like I said, I'm reasonably
new to Perl. I did have a friend who has a lot more
experience, and together, we couldn't get it.


Thanks,
Kevin