On Friday 04 November 2005 12:12 pm, jean wrote: > hello there, > > Being new to PERL, I've found this very informative list and I've > been playing around with PERL a bit. > > Right now I'm working on some code that picks up items from my > database and calculates the total stock for identical items. I've > created a small database to try out my script. > > Now I've probably made more stupid mistakes than anyone on this list > has ever made. Also I bet there are different and more efficient ways > to write code that performs this function. However my main problem is > that the script does not do what I expect and I can't figure out why. > In the output all the lines are printed twice, where I expect them to > appear only once. The totals are calculated correctly. > > So if anyone here can help me, that would be very much appreciated > > thanks, jean >
Hi Jean I'm struggling to see what you're trying to do. Could you give me an examle of the schema/data you're working from. I'd like to have a go at rewriting this one to see how well I do. Gary -- Gary Stainburn This email does not contain private or confidential material as it may be snooped on by interested government parties for unknown and undisclosed purposes - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
