I'm kind of a beginner, but here is how I would start. I like to use SQL::Abstract and then use empty braces in the fetchall statement to make each element in the array a hash of that row from the SQL table. 

#!/usr/bin/env perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use SQL::Abstract;
use DBD::mysqlPP;
use Data::Dumper;

my $dsn = "dbi:mysqlPP:database=$database;host=$hostname";
my $dbh = DBI->connect($dsn,$user,$pass);

my $sql = SQL::Abstract->new;
my ($stmt,@bind) = $sql->select('quarterbacks');
my $sth = $dbh->prepare($stmt);
$sth->execute(@bind);


my $results = $sth->fetchall_arrayref({});

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Your results ref is an array of hashes. So your first full record might be 

$results->[0]; // Reference to a hash ref of Row_1
my %row_1 = %{$results->[0]}; // Hash of Row 1

$results->[0]{name}; // Name column from Row_1

// to iterate over the record set you might do this:
// id, position, name are column names from the table

for (@{$results}) {
   my $id = $_->{id};
   my $position = $_->{position};
   my $qb_name = $_->{name};
}

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In reply to Re: How to add MySql Records To Array or Hash? by trippledubs
in thread How to add MySql Records To Array or Hash? by jdlev

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