sub Fetch_w_callback{ # Main DBI retrieval mechanism---- my ($sql, $callback) = @_; my $state = $_[2] ||= {}; # ** This THIRD param is CALL-by-ref ** $debug{SQL} = $sql; (my $sth=$dbh->prepare($sql))->execute(); $state->{ROW} = 0; while (my $row = $sth->fetchrow_hashref()){ $debug{ROW} = $state->{ROW}++; last if $callback->($row,$state) < 0; # Return negative to quit } $sth->finish; } #.... #Call sequence ... (In this case, used with CGI ... Fetch_w_callback( $sql, sub{ # This sub gets called once per row returned.... my ($dbRow,$LocalState) = @_; push @{$LocalState->{RAWDATA}},$dbRow ; # Raw data is available later $RawDataOnly and return $render_helper->(@_); # Called ONCE per row, on Rawdata. if ($LocalState->{ROW} == 1 ){ # No Rows yet $fieldname[0] eq "*" and @fieldname = keys %$dbRow; print Tr( {-class=>"tableHeader"}, map ({td(b($_))} @fieldname), $extrafields->()) . "\n"; $_ = lc($_) for @fieldname; # DBI apparently only LC's } print Tr( map( {td($render_helper->($dbRow->{$_},$_,$dbRow))} @fieldname),$extrafields->(@_) ) . "\n"; } , $state);