[ic] Filling perl hashes with [query] and searching the hash for product display restriction

Kaare Rasmussen kar@webline.dk
Fri, 26 Jan 2001 10:04:40 +0100


> Perhaps. The only problem with that is it will depend on the SQL --
> some DBI drivers don't return field names unless there is at least one

This is a surprise to me. I tought it was a requirement to return field
names
:-(
> row returned. I will not get into parsing field names from the select,

No, of course not.

> so it is probably best to manage that part yourself -- you presumably
> know what fields you queried, and can save them to a pointer hash.

Or I can use positional numbers. I don't know which solution I hate the
most :-)

> I will keep it in mind and not make any promises.

One solution could be to implement it of the DBI driver supports it, and
if not: Bad luck. But that would of course have its own set of problems.

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