my $sth_ins = $dbh->prepare("INSERT INTO users (firstname, lastname, state, country) VALUES (?, ?, ? ,?)") or die "Couldn't insert the data";
$sth_ins->execute($FORM{firstname}, $FORM{lastname}, $FORM{state}, $FORM{country});

##</code><code>##

read(STDIN, $buffer, $ENV{'CONTENT_LENGTH'});
@pairs = split(/&/, $buffer);
foreach $pair (@pairs) {
    ($name, $value) = split(/=/, $pair);
    $value =~ tr/+/ /;
    $value =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C", hex($1))/eg;
    $FORM{$name} = $value;
}