From: "Dann Corbit" <DCorbit@connx.com>
> From: "Steve Atkins" <steve@blighty.com>
> >
> > 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