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;
}
##</code><code>##

$sth_ins->execute( param('firstname'), param('lastname'), param('state
+'), param('country') );

##</code><code>##

my $name = $query->param($FORM{name});