From: "Dann Corbit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> From: "Steve Atkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > 
 > > Would you care to expand on why you think this...
> > 
> >   my $row = $dbh->selectrow_hashref("select * from $table");
> >   print 'foo = ', $row{'foo'};
> > 
> > ...is inherently a a code defect?

> There is an exception to every rule.  If you need a hash for the whole
> row, then you need all the columns.

I think the point was that when the language/libs allow for
easy reading of a row into a hash, it becomes the most
natural and least error prone way. If you add or rename a column,
there are fewer places in the code you need to change.

gnari



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