if($session_cgi->param("delete")) {
      $firstName = $session_cgi->param("firstName");
$lastName = $session_cgi->param("lastName");
      $startdate = $session_cgi->param("start_date");
$enddate = $session_cgi->param("end_date"); 

      $db = dbLoad($db);
      $select_statement = "SELECT id FROM Employees
WHERE lastName = '$lastName' and firstName =
'$firstName'";
      $select_it = $db->prepare($select_statement);
      $rc = $select_it->execute() or die "Could not
run query '$select_statement'\n";
      $select_it->bind_columns(undef, \$user_id);
      $select_it->fetchrow_arrayref(); 

      $statement = "DELETE FROM Out_Of_Office WHERE
id = '$user_id' and start_date = '$start_date' and
end_date = '$end_date'";
      $statement = $db->prepare($statement);
      $rv = $statement->execute() or die "Couldn't
execute query '$query' \n";
      $db->disconnect();