Hi Monks, I need to add a pop up confirmation box before deleting a record from database like "Yes/No" or "OK/Cancel". I found a thread here on perlmonk which is complicated for me as I am a very new in perl at http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=125561 If someone can help me do that will be a huge favor. Here is my script : 
#!/usr/local/bin/perl

use CGI;
use DBI;

# Make up a pulldown menu of all known patients
$db_handle = DBI -> connect("DBI:Pg:dbname=northwind;
                                    host=localhost",
                                    "postgres",
                                    "postgres",
                                    {'RaiseError' => 1});

$query = "SELECT 
             \"EmployeeID\" AS empid, 
             \"FirstName\"::text || ' ' ||\"LastName\"::text AS name 
          FROM 
             \"Employees\"";

$db_handle->do("SET search_path to northwind") or die;

$qh = $db_handle->prepare($query);
$qh->execute;

while (@row = $qh->fetchrow) {
        $hh .= "<option value=$row[0]>$row[1]</option>\n";
        }

# Send out the header and form
print "content-type: text/html\n\n";
print <<"HEADER";
<html>
<head>
<title>Delete an employee record</title>
<body bgcolor=pink text=#3300CC border=2 bordercolor=pink >
<h1 style="color:3300CC;">Delete an employee</h1>

    <style type="text/css">
    .container {
        width: 500px;
        clear: both;
    }
    .container input {
        width: 100%;
        clear: both;
    }

    </style>
</head>
<div class="container">
<form method=POST>
Select Employee name to delete :<select name=empid>$hh</select><br>
<input type=submit name=go value=DELETE>
</div>
</form><hr>
HEADER

# Read information from the form
read(STDIN,$buffer,$ENV{CONTENT_LENGTH});
@pairs = split(/&/,$buffer);
foreach (@pairs) {
        ($n,$v) = split(/=/);
        $v =~ tr/+/ / ;
        $v =~ s/%(..)/pack("C",hex($1))/ge;
        $input{$n} = $v;
        }

# If the form was properly submitted, save the data
if ($input{"go"} eq "DELETE") {

$query = "DELETE
          FROM 
              \"Employees\" 
          WHERE 
              \"EmployeeID\"="." \'$input{empid}\'";

$db_handle -> do($query);
$action = "Record saved - $query";

# If the form has not been submitted, ask for data
}  else {
$action = "Please complete form";
}

# Standard links to the rest of the application
print <<"FOOTER";
<b>$action</b>
<hr>
Jump to - <a href=http://localhost/perlproj/cgi-bin/emp2.pl>View Emplo
+yees Listing</a><br>
Jump to - <a href=http://localhost/perlproj/cgi-bin/addemp.pl>Add an E
+mployee</a><br>
Jump to - <a href=http://localhost/perlproj/cgi-bin/updatephoto.pl>Add
+ or update Employee Photo</a><br>
<hr>
Edited by Terry on July, 06 2014.
</body></html>
FOOTER

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Many tanks Terry

In reply to Adding a pop up confirmation box by terrykhatri

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