note zdog You may be looking to do something like this:<p> <code>$alldata{$key} = \%temphash;</code> <p> Instead of:<p> <code>$alldata{$key} = push [ %temphash ];</code><p> It sets <code>$alldata{$key}</code> as a reference to <code>%temphash</code>. So the content is accessed using <code>$alldata{$key}{$key2}</code>. <p>Zenon Zabinski | <a href="/index.pl?node=zdog&lastnode_id=1072">zdog</a> | zdog7@hotmail.com<br> 87227 87227