Hello.
I'm working on a script that should update a field in a table in MySQL. For some reason, when I submit the form, it just hangs there and seems to do nothing. Here's the code:
#!usr/bin/perl

use DBI;
use CGI qw/:standard/;


print header();

my $q = new CGI;
my $oldpw = $q->param('txtPasswordOld');
my $newpw1 = $q->param('txtPasswordNew1');
my $newpw2 = $q->param('txtPasswordNew2');
my $name = $q->param('txtName');

my $user = "";
my $pwd = "";
my $server = "localhost";
my $db = "my_db";

my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:mysql:$db:$server",$user,$pwd);

print "<html><body>";

if ($newpw1 eq $newpw2){
  my $query = "UPDATE User SET Password = Password($newpw1) where User
+='$name'";
  my $sth = $dbh->prepare($query);
  $sth->execute();
  print "Password changed.";

}

print "</body></html>";
  
$dbh->disconnect;

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Any thoughts on why this is?
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