#=== Top portion #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use DBI; use CGI; #=== rest of code $tmpStr = "INSERT INTO employee (EMPLOYEE.ID, EMPLOY.FIRST.NAME, EMPLOY.LAST.NAME, ADDRESS.LINE.1, ADDRESS.LINE.2, ADDRESS.LINE.3) " . "VALUES ('1000', '".$q->param("EMPLOY.FIRST.NAME")."', '".$q->param("EMPLOY.LAST.NAME")."', '". $q->param("ADDRESS.LINE.1")."', '".$q->param("ADDRESS.LINE.2")."', '".$q->param("ADDRESS.LINE.3")."')"; $queryObj = $db_handle->prepare($tmpStr); $queryObj->execute or die "Could not execute command";