Perl array into MySQL Database

[rsiedl]

Hi,

Could anyone tell me if it is possible to insert a perl array (or hash) into a mysql table?

Here is the script I tried to test it with but it fails on the insert...

#!/usr/bin/perl

use DBI;
use strict;
use warnings;

my $id = 1;
my @old_array = ("blah0", "blah1", "blah2");

print "Values in original array:\n";
foreach (@old_array) {
        if ($_) { print "\t- ", $_, "\n" }
} # end-foreach

my $dbh = &DB_OPEN('test','localhost','3306','user','password');

#################################
# Array Table structure         #
#################################
#  id  #  array                 #
#################################
#  1   #  @array1               #
#  2   #  @array2               #
#  etc....                      #
#################################

my $ins_array = $dbh->prepare("insert into array_table (id,array) valu
+es (?,?)");
$ins_array->execute($id,@old_array);
$ins_array->finish;

my $sel_array = $dbh->prepare("select array from array_table where id=
+?");
$sel_array->execute($id);
my (@new_array) = $sel_array->fetchrow;
$sel_array->finish;


print "Values in array from DB:\n";
if (@new_array) {
        foreach (@new_array) {
                if ($_) { print "\t- ", $_, "\n" } # end-if
        } # end-foreach
} # end-if


sub DB_OPEN {
  my ($db_name,$host_name,$port,$db_user,$db_pass,) = @_;
  my $database = "DBI:mysql:$db_name:$host_name:$port";
  $dbh = DBI->connect($database,$db_user,$db_pass);
} # end-sub


exit;

Cheers,
Reagen