fetchrow_hashref(), like the name suggests, returns a hash reference (i.e. a reference to a hash). You are accessing it as if it were a hash. As bart suggests, if you Use strict and warnings, you would be aware of this error. Hash vs. hashref:

my %hash = (id => "123", fname => "Fred);
my $hashref = \%hash;

print "$hash{id}\n";
print "$hashref->{id}\n";
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