Re: Outputing data from mySQL query into format for use with HTML::Template

[lachoy]

in reply to Outputing data from mySQL query into format for use with HTML::Template

Assuming the fieldnames in your template are the same as the fieldnames in your database, you can do:

 $sth->execute( $SearchCrit );
 my @results = ();
 while ( my $row = $sth->fetchrow_hashref ) {
     push @results, \%{ $row };
 }
 $tmpl->param( stuff => \@results );
 ...

This isn't the most efficient but it's the easiest to understand. (And for small datasets like putting tables of data in a web page, you probably won't notice the difference.)

Note that if you try a shortcut and push $row directly into @results you'll get the same row over and over.

Chris
M-x auto-bs-mode

[sutch]

The two responses before mine do a nice job of answering you question--and I've handled this task in a similar manner.

I have since started using Template Toolkit, available on CPAN with additional information available at http://www.tt2.org. I find this template module much more flexible. As a matter of fact, you may pass the database handle directly to the template, saving memory and processing.