#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use warnings; use CGI; use Database; print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; my $q = new CGI; my %params = $q->Vars; my $userid = delete $params{USER}; my $user = $dbh->selectrow_array("select NAME from USER where ID=?", undef, $userid); print "name of the user: $user!";