This is my ammended code, if anyone has any more ideas for stuff I could try, because it is still not giving me any output OR error messages........... This would be much appreciated.

#!c:/perl/bin/perl.exe -w

    use strict;
    use DBI;
    use CGI;
  
 
    #open connection to Access database
    my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:ODBC:directory",
    { 'AutoCommit' =>1, 'RaiseError' =>1}) ||
           
    die "Error connecting: '$DBI::errstr'";

    # setup CGI handle
    my $cgi = new CGI;

    # start HTML

    print $cgi->header . $cgi->start_html('Drive');
      
    my $hash ={ Initiative=>'DriveInitiative', 
            ResOrientation => 'DriveResOrient',
            Creativity => 'DriveCreativity',
            ChangeOrientation => 'DriveChangeOrient',
            DecisionMaking => 'DriveDecisionMake',
            SelectLevel => 'ResLevel',
            ManagesPeople => 'ResManage'};

    my @clauses = ();
       foreach my $checkbox (keys %$hash) {
       push @clauses, $hash->{$checkbox} if validate($cgi->param($chec
+kbox));
       }

      
    my $where_clause = join(' and ',map($_.= 'on', @clauses));

    my $sql = "select a.ResType, a.ResLevel, a.ResManage 
              a.Details, a.Length, a.Source, a.Cost, a.FurtherDetails 
              from Resources a 
              INNER JOIN ResourceSettings b ON a.ResID = b.ResID"; 
      $sql .= " where $where_clause " if ($where_clause);
      $sql .= " order by a.ResType, a.ResLevel, a.ResManage, 
                a.Details, a.Length, a.Source, a.Cost, a.FurtherDetail
+s"; 

    my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql); 
       $sth->execute || 
    die "Could not execute SQL statement ... " . $dbh->errstr;

        
        my $rows = $dbh->selectall_arrayref($sql) || die $dbh->errstr;
        if (@$rows) {
          print "<table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3><tr>" .
                "<th>Type</th><th>Level</th><th>Manage</th><th>Details
+</th><th>Length</th><th>Source</th><th>Cost</th><th>Further Details</
+th></tr>";
          foreach my $row (@$rows) {
            print "<tr><td>" . join ("</td><td>", @$row) . "</td></tr>
+\n";
          }
          print "</table>\n";
          }
          else {
          print "<p><i>No matches found</i></p>\n";
         }
        
 
      
    # disconnect from database
    $dbh->disconnect();
    exit(0);

    # validate user input 
      sub validate {
        my $string = shift;
        # get rid of all non-letter, non-numerical characters and perc
+ents
        $string =~ s/[^A-Za-z0-9%]//g;
        return $string;
      }
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