use CGI::FormBuilder; # Let's assume we did a DBI query to get existing values my $dbval = $sth->fetchrow_hashref; my $form = CGI::FormBuilder->new( method => 'POST', fields => [qw/name email phone gender/], values => $dbval, validate => { email => 'EMAIL', phone => 'PHONE' }, required => 'ALL', font => 'arial,helvetica', ); # Change gender field to have options $form->field(name => 'gender', options => [qw/Male Female/]); if ($form->submitted && $form->validate) { my $fields = $form->field; # get form fields as hashref # Do something to update your data (you would write this) do_data_update($fields->{name}, $fields->{email}, $fields->{phone}, $fields->{gender}); # Show confirmation screen print $form->confirm(header => 1); # Email the person a brief confirmation $form->mailconfirm(to => $fields->{email}); } else { # Print out the form print $form->render(header => 1); }