To be honest, this looks like a random selection of lines from the CGI and DBI pods :)

First up, SHOW TABLES isn't an SQL statement, so don't use that: something like $dbh->table_info is more like it.

Second up, you issue a disconnect to your database before you try to prepare your "SQL". There's no chance of that working at all - if you add  or die $dbh->errstr after prepare and execute statements you might get some better information (you are checking the webserver log file?)

Third up, you're issuing an end_html command and then printing some more lines (spaced with tabs - which a browser wouldn't honour anyway).

Fourth up, even if you move the end_html after the db related prints, it's going to print them out whether or not the submit is pressed - you need something like if (defined($cgi->param('submit')) {print ...} in there somewhere.

I suspect that you're in for a steep learning curve - have a look in Tutorials: there are several well written articles on the DBI and CGI topics.

rdfield

In reply to Re: my first database by rdfield
in thread my first database by Anonymous Monk

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