> > On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 09:00:46PM +0000, Charl Gerber wrote:
> > I'm trying to create a function that takes 1
> > paramater (eg an integer) as input, then does 5
> > database updates or deletes in 5 different SQL
> > statements and returns 5 integers (in one resultset)
> > indicating how many rows were affected by the various
> > updates/deletes.
> >
> > How do I do this?
You could return an array like elein recommended....
> > How can I specify the names of the 5 output colums?
but you won't have "names" associated with the output columns. To have
something other than integers as the index (such as a string), you
need to use an associative array.
sub foo
{
my $integer = shift;
my $ret1 = $dbh->do('some sql here');
my $ret2 = $dbh->do('some sql here');
# etc.... for 5 statements.
my %hash = (
'Column Label 1' => $ret1,
'Column Label 2' => $ret2,
#..... etc...
);
return \%hash;
}
So, you should read about associative arrays (aka hashes) and references.
Rick
