my $sth = $db->prepare("insert into news(url, header, country, country2, date, priority, userid, source, formoreinfo, language, regreqd, keywords, image, actnowcampaigncode, state) values(?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)");

foreach $record (@records) {
	$n++;
	&splitupintofields;
	if ($priority > 0) {
		$y++;
		&convdate;
		&convlang;
		$sth->execute($url, $header, $country1, $country2, $date, $priority, $correspondent, $source, $formoreinfo, $language, $regreqd, $keywords, $image, $actnowcampaigncode, $state);
		}
	}
	
$db->disconnect();