Mapping Column Names to results using DBI

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <38863BEB.BCB9E15C at exceptionalminds.com>,
Timothy Grant  <tjg at avalongroup.net> wrote:
>
>As you know, the results from a database query are returned in a tuple.
>I can access those results by position just fine, is it possible to map
>the column names onto the results, so I can access columns by name
>rather than by number?
>
>While indexing by number works, it is incredibly fragile and will start
>failing the minute the underlying DB changes.

Try "SELECT x, y, z" instead of "SELECT *".
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