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in reply to Re^2: MySQL hashes with same key
in thread MySQL hashes with same key

Thanks - I had missed the subtlities of the second parameter to 'selectall_hashref'.

However - my recommendation to use the database query to select comments for a mac stands, and answers the the questions he persists in posing.

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