When adding an entry in the database that contain the following signs: &, #, ', and others. It renders that particular line and lines following it uneditable. What can I do to the following code to allow editing lines with these characters in them? Thanks! LisaW

#################################################################
# Open the database to write data, changing the neccesary lines #
#################################################################
if ($input{'action'} eq 'add'){
open (DATABASE1,">>$database");
print DATABASE1 "$input{'ncompany_name'}|$input{'nstreet'}|$input{'nci
+ty_st_zip'}|$input{'nphone'}|$input{'nfax'}|$input{'nwebsite'}|$input
+{'nemail'}|$input{'ncategory'}|$input{'nstorefront'}|$input{'nlogo'}|
+$input{'nalpha'}|$input{'nfirst_name'}\n";
close (DATABASE1);
}

#################################################################
# Open the database to write data, changing the neccesary lines #
#################################################################
if ($input{'action'} eq 'delete'){
open (DATABASE,">$database");
@DB=<DATABASE>;
    foreach $rec (@ODB){
        chomp($rec);
        ($company_name,$street,$city_st_zip,$phone,$fax,$website,$emai
+l,$category,$storefront,$logo,$alpha,$first_name)=split(/\|/,$rec);
        if ($company_name eq $input{'company_name'} && $street eq $inp
+ut{'street'} && $city_st_zip eq $input{'city_st_zip'} && $phone eq $i
+nput{'phone'} && $fax eq $input{'fax'} && $website eq $input{'website
+'} && $email eq $input{'email'} && $category eq $input{'category'} &&
+ $storefront eq $input{'storefront'} && $logo eq $input{'logo'} && $a
+lpha eq $input{'alpha'} && $first_name eq $input{'first_name'} ){
        print DATABASE "";
        }else{
        print DATABASE "$company_name|$street|$city_st_zip|$phone|$fax
+|$website|$email|$category|$storefront|$logo|$alpha|$first_name\n";
        }
    }
close (DATABASE);
}

########################################
print "Location: $databaseview\n\n";

########################################
# Code to get the data from GET & POST #
########################################
sub parse_form {

   read(STDIN, $buffer, $ENV{'CONTENT_LENGTH'});
   if (length($buffer) < 5) {
         $buffer = $ENV{QUERY_STRING};
    }
   @pairs = split(/&/, $buffer);
   foreach $pair (@pairs) {
      ($name, $value) = split(/=/, $pair);

      $value =~ tr/+/ /;
      $value =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C", hex($1))/eg;

      $input{$name} = $value;
   }
}
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