Anonymous Monk,
You misunderstand. I pointed out a problem you didn't know you had because you haven't encountered it yet. I also pointed out what your problem was - you are treating a hash reference as an array reference. Instead of just changing things without understanding hoping it will work, try starting with the most basic working code you can (connecting to the DB) and then add things 1 piece at a time. That way, when something breaks you will know it is the last thing you added. You have many more problems with that code then you think you do as it is.