hello "Perlbeginner1", "metabo" and "dilbert":
crossposts with almost exactly the same text:
http://forums.devshed.com/perl-programming-6/storing-some-values-of-an-array-to-a-db-how-773236.html
http://www.perlguru.com/gforum.cgi?post=50789;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed
http://forums.opensuse.org/english/development/programming-scripting/451619-storing-some-values-array-db-how-does-perl-talk-mysql.html
(just posting the links because I heard there are people who don't like crosspostings that are not linked to each other. it's considered rude because it starts discussions and help in parallel even if in on of the other threads the problem is already solved)
update: added third(!) crosspost