Re: [htmltmpl] Erro: You gave me an odd number of parameters to param()!

[Brad C. <bra...@hi...>]

> On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 02:11:03PM -0500, Brad Cathey wrote:
>>> 
>>> you passed the array instead of the array reference
>>> 
>>>> $template -> param(pagetitle => "Search Results",
>>>>                    showlist    => @$allshows);
>>>                                 ^^^^
>>> 
>>> this is probably the correct one:
>>> 
>>> $template -> param(pagetitle => "Search Results",
>>>                   showlist    => $allshows);
>> 
>> Well, now I get:
>> 
>> "Single reference arg to param() must be a hash-ref!  You gave me a ARRAY"
>> 
>> I guess I don't know how to go from @$array to $array as a ref. A Perlie
>> question. Maybe I need to head over to the Monastery.
>> 
>> Again, the salient code is:
>> 
>>    my $allshows;
>> 
>>    push @$allshows, $sth->fetchall_arrayref({});
>> 
>>    $template -> param( showlist  => $allshows);
> 
> I thought this was the same thing, but try using \@$allshows; maybe
> there is some Perl conversion rule I don't understand causing $allshows
> to be expanded to the array in a parameter context.
> 
> For similar template loop vars I have, for instance,
> 
>       $template->param( "USERLIST_COL1", \@list );
> 
> but in this case the list was declared as an array rather than an array
> ref.
> -- Clifton

Clifton, amazing. I added the slash and was golden. Thanks.