def getrefs(self):
    #get data from the database into a list
    self.cur.execute("""SELECT sales_rep_id,sales_rep_territory,daily_gallon_plan from sales_rep""")
    self.sales_rows = self.cur.fetchall()

    for sr in self.sales_rows:
      self.reps[sr[0]] = {'TerritoryId':sr[1], 'Plan':sr[2]}

    self.cur.execute("""SELECT product_id,gallons from product""")
    self.prod_rows = self.cur.fetchall()

    for p in self.prod_rows:
      self.prods[p[0]] = {'Gallons': p[1]}

    self.cur.execute(
      """
      SELECT territory_id,territory_name, SUM(daily_gallon_plan) plan 
        from territory t, sales_rep r
       WHERE r.sales_rep_territory = t.territory_id
       GROUP BY t.territory_id, t.territory_name
      """
    )
    self.terr_rows = self.cur.fetchall()
   
    for t in self.terr_rows:
      self.sales[t[0]] = {'Name':t[1], 'Plan':t[2], 'Act':0.0, 'Ave':0.0, 'Stat':0, 'Tstamp':''}
    
    self.cur.close()
    self.conn.close()