Will do, thanks
----- Original Message -----
From: "Micah Cowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [vox-tech] Perl question, DBI - Why no selectcol_array method?
> 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
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