#!perl
use strict;
use CGI qw(:standard);
use DBI;

my $dbh = get_dbh();

# html page
print header,start_html;
my $sql = 'SELECT id,name,description,vers FROM software_repos';
my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql);
$sth->execute();
print q!<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3">
<tr>
  <td>ID</td>
  <td>Name</td>
  <td>Description</td>
  <td>Version</td>
  <td>PDF</td>
 </tr>!;
 
while (my @f = $sth->fetchrow_array()){
  print qq!<tr>
  <td>$f[0]</td>
  <td>$f[1]</td>
  <td>$f[2]</td>
  <td>$f[3]</td>
  <td><a href="pdf_display.cgi?id=$f[0]" target="_blank">pdf</a></td>
</tr>\n!; 
}
print q!</table>!;
print end_html;

# whatever you need to get a connection
sub get_dbh{
  my $database = ""; my $user = ""; my $pw = "";
  my $dsn = "dbi:mysql:$database:localhost:3306"; 
  my $dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, $user, $pw, { RaiseError => 1, AutoCommit => 1 } );
  return $dbh;
}