fetch

fetch is used to grab a row of data and return an array reference. This returns a single row of data as an array reference, where each item in the array is an item in the row. The name "fetch" is short for "fetchrow_arrayref"—the two names mean the same thing, and call the same function.

Example:

while ($ref = $handle->fetch){     print join(‘, ‘, @$ref), "\n"; }

This prints each row of data left in the $handle, with each field separated by a comma and a space.