A map should do it 
while ( my @row = $dbQuery->fetchrow_array() ) {
  @info{@$headings} = map { defined ? $_ : "" } @row;
}

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Also, your null filling code is broken, because once a null is found the rest of the values are null because $row[0] doesn't change e.g 
my @r = (1, 2, undef, 3, 4);
my %h;

for(qw/abc def ghi jkl mno/) {
  if(defined $r[0]) {
    $h{$_} = shift @r;
  } else {
    $h{$_} = "";
  }
}

print Dumper \%h;

__output__

$VAR1 = {
          'def' => 2,
          'abc' => 1,
          'mno' => '',
          'jkl' => '',
          'ghi' => ''
        };

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HTH

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broquaint

In reply to Re: Merging Arrays into a Hash with Substitutions by broquaint
in thread Merging Arrays into a Hash with Substitutions by svsingh

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