Rather than mix n' matching hardcoded HTML and CGI's HTML shortcuts, consider using just the latter for consistency ...

  # <link rel='stylesheet' href='/styles/hr.css' type='text/css' />
$q->start_html(
  -title => 'Employee Table', 
    # etc..
  -style => { src => '/styles/hr.css' },
), 

  # <span class=section-heading>Employee Table</span>
$q->span({-class=>"col-heading"},"Employee Table"),

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You may also want to remove quotes from strings made up solely of a lone scalar (ie, $emp_id vs. "$emp_id"), as the interpolation of such serves no purpose.

Lastly, to expand on comments by dws and Zaxo, take a look at using placeholders in your SQL.

    --k.


In reply to Re: A Matter of Style in CGI by Kanji
in thread A Matter of Style in CGI by Spenser

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