On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 03:28:58PM -0500, Jay Strauss wrote:
> In DBI there is:
>
> $ary_ref = $dbh->selectrow_arrayref($statement);
> @row_ary = $dbh->selectrow_array($statement);
>
> but only
>
> $ary_ref = $dbh->selectcol_arrayref($statement);
>
> Why??? (i.e why no @col_ary = $dbh->selectcol_array($statement))
Dunno. You'll have to ask the author :)
>
> I know how to access the individual elements (i.e. $ary_ref->[0])
>
> But how do I put it an $ary_ref in a foreach?
>
> foreach my $name ($ary_ref = $dbh->selectcol_arrayref($statement))
> {
> ...stuff;
> }
Well,
foreach my $name (@{ $ary_ref = $dbh->selectcol_arrayref($statement)})
{
...stuff;
}
would, since variable type-prefixes can be followed by a "block" whose
value is a reference to the type indicated by the prefix.
But, I'd prefer:
$ary_ref = $dbh->selectcol_arrayref($statement)
foreach my $name (@$ary_ref)
{
...stuff;
}
-Micah
