note moritz <p>Because <c>push(@fields_B, \@record_B);</c> pushes an array reference to <c>@fields_B</c>, and that's how array references stringify. See [doc://perllol], [doc://perlreftut], [doc://perlref], [doc://perldsc]. <p>Als you probably should write <pre> while(<b>my @row_B</b> = $sth_B->fetchrow_array()) { ... }</pre> <p>to avoid over-sharing of <c>@row_B</c>. <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-616540"> [http://perl6.org/|Perl 6 - the future is here, just unevenly distributed] </div></div> 985086 985086