Data::Dumper is a quick and easy method of seeing what's really in variables. In this case, the scalar $result appears to be a reference to an anonymous hash. Try this:

use Data::Dumper;
print Dumper( $result );
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That will let you see what you're getting back.

Cheers,
Ovid

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