I am attempting to read a flat file that describes an array of hash references into a similar DBM hash where it will be modified and stored for another process. When I test this by first printing out the hash_ptr everything works!When I print out hash_ref( with same address) it references nothing?
The flat file has this

@HASHES = ( \%Data_Directories_fetch, \%DataDirectories_erase, \%Progr
+am_fetch, \%Program_erase,
            \%Configuration_and_Table_Files_erase, \%Configuration_and
+_Table_Files_fetch,
            \%Create_Database, \%Load_Database );
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The function is called with no arguments.
Thanks Much!

sub loadDefaultsToDBM {
    my $cntr = 0;
    foreach $element (@HASHES) {
    print "$cntr  --$element ";       
        switch($cntr++) {
        case 0 { print "Data_Directories_fetch\n"; $TESS_CONFG{"Data_D
+irectories_fetch"} = $element; }
            case 1 { print "Data_Directories_erase\n"; $TESS_CONFG{"Da
+ta_Directories_fetch"} = $element; }
            case 2 { print "Program_fetch\n";          $TESS_CONFG{"Pr
+ogram_fetch"} = $element; }
            case 3 { print "Program_erase\n";          $TESS_CONFG{"Pr
+ogram_erase"} = $element; }
            case 4 { print "Configuration_and_Table_Files_erase\n"; $T
+ESS_CONFG{"Configuration_and_Table_Files_erase"} = $element; }
            case 5 { print "Configuration_and_Table_Files_fetch\n"; $T
+ESS_CONFG{"Configuration_and_Table_Files_fetch"} = $element; }
            case 6 { print "Create_Database\n";        $TESS_CONFG{"Cr
+eate_Datebase"} = $element; }
            case 7 { print "Load_Database\n";          $TESS_CONFG{"Lo
+ad_Datebase"} = $element; }          
        } 
    }
    ### Test it!

    my $hash_ptr = \%Program_fetch; print "$hash_ptr\n";
    while ( ($key, $value) = each %{$hash_ptr} ) {
    print "$key => $value\n";
    }

    my $hash_ref = $TESS_CONFG{"Program_fetch"}; print "Result: $hash_
+ref\n";
    my @keys = keys %$hash_ptr;

    while ( ($key, $value) = each %{$hash_ref} ) {
    print "$key => $value\n";
    }
}
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