#makes the new SOAP::Lite object

my $soap_obj = new SOAP::Lite 
                   -> uri ('http://')
                  -> proxy ('http://')
                  -> service();

#gets the response and stores it in a scalar
my $response = $soap_obj->get_response();

#creates the statement for the SQL insert
my $statement = $bdbi->form_push_SQL ($response);

#if bdbi is a database connection then it does $statement 
$bdbi->{'database_handle'}->Query($statement);