I'm not sure how Perl works on variable assignment. If $sth is passing a reference to $record finish() may kill the variable $record holds a reference to during garbage collection. If it *assigns* the row to $record (meaning $record holds a copy of the record data and not a reference to where the data is actually stored) then you should be able to use it all you want.
Maybe one of the many perl monks will know more. --Joe -- Joe Stump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.joestump.net -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Snoxell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 6:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Perl DBI $sth->fetchrow_hashref() persistence? Hi, if I call: my $record = $sth->fetchrow_hashref(); then: $sth->finish(); How valid is it for me to keep referring to my $record hash pointer? Thanks, Jeff Snoxell Aetherweb Ltd http://www.aetherweb.co.uk [SPAM FILTER FODDER: MySQL, QUERY] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
