Re: [htmltmpl] (newbie) How to populate an array of hash references one by one?

[Puneet K. <pk...@ei...>]

On Nov 25, 2003, at 1:18 AM, Ken Corey wrote:

> On Mon, 2003-11-24 at 20:19, Puneet Kishor wrote:
>> This comes up frequently. Maybe the explanation(s) should be added to
>> the H::T docs (htdocs!)
>
> Might be a good idea!

yeah... maybe Sam T might consider adding something like what I wrote 
up... something that directly ties using DBI with H::T, because 
inevitably someone will want to use MySQL or some such.


>
>> $template->param('result' => $sth->fetchall_arrayref({}));
>
> Thanks for pointing this out, the '({})' to arrayref would have thrown
> me for a loop...uh...no pun intended.
>
>> You can construct this programmatically if you are reading 
>> sequentially
>> from a file.
>
> Thanks, this info allowed me to get it working in less than 30 seconds.
> Yay!  I /knew/ it was something simple.
>
>> Please always use strict and -w.
>
> The first two lines of my cgi script are:
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> use strict;
>
> When you say to "use -w", is that sufficient?

well, no... I really meant what you already have

#/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

you can also "use diagnostics" or splain if you really want a chatty 
system.

>  What about if it's being
> run under mod_perl and Apache::Registry so that line isn't, as I
> understand it, being invoked.  Does the perl still check to see if 
> there
> are invocation flags on the first line and respect them?
>

dunno. I don't use mod_perl or A::R. I am cc-ing this to the list (as 
you should do also) because someone else would likely have the answer 
to this (and other questions).