my @ref = ();
$username = $mem_info[2];
my @names = $username;
my $base_sql=q{SELECT username FROM members WHERE referral };

while (scalar(@names)) {
  my $sql=$base_sql.($#names?'in ('.join(',',map('?',@names)).')':'=?'
+);
  my $sth=$dbh->prepare($sql);
  my $rv=$sth->execute(@names);
  my $res = $sth->fetchall_arrayref();
  @names=map($res->[$_][0],0..$#$res);
  push @ref, join '|',@names if (scalar(@names));
  last if $#ref == 2 ;
}

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That will give me usernames in @ref like example:

@ref= "name|name|name|name", "name|name|name|name", "name|name|name|name";

This is what I now want to do

@ref= "name=member|name=member|name=member|name=member", "name=member|name=member|name=member|name=member", "name=member|name=active|name=member|name=member";

I wnat it do add that additional information, its a column in my database called status. How could I add this? 
my $base_sql=q{SELECT username,status FROM members WHERE

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