OK, feel free to point and laugh!
my $self = shift;
foreach my $var($self->tsids) {
my $name = new profile($var); ###profile->Name($var)
my $connection = $self->connection;
my $sth = $connection->connection->prepare( "SELECT Last_Name = La
+stName, First_Name = FirstName, Middle_Name = MidName, Job_Title = Jo
+bTitle, Birthdate = Birthdate FROM table WHERE database_wide_key = ?"
+ );
my @names = ($var);
my $rc = $sth->execute(@names) or die "I'm sorry dave";
my $fieldnames = $sth->{NAME};
while(my $row = $sth->fetch) {
for (0 .. ( scalar @{ $fieldnames } -1 )) { $_ = '' unless defined
+;
$_ =~ s/\s//g;
my $prop = $fieldnames->[ $_ ];
my $val = $row->[ $_];
$name->$prop($val);
}
}
}
This code fails with an error message saying that ARRAY(XXXXXX) is not a valid value, which I understand that it is not. I just can't figure out how to dereference the array reference so that ARRAY(XXXXXXX) is resolved to a number.