my $hash = $dbconn->selectall_hashref($sql_statement); #### my $sth = $dbconn->prepare($sql_statement); . . . . . . . my $hash = $dbconn->selectall_hashref($sth); #### { local $dbconn->{RaiseError} = 1; my $hash = $dbconn->selectall_hashref($sql_statement); . . . . . . . }