You guys have been instrumental to getting my database running. Now I don't know how to append a second database to my first using perl. Here is a summary of my problem:

I have Table1 with the following format:

int(10) auto_increment unique id
varchar(255) state
varchar(255) city
varchar(255) location
text discription

Table2 looks like:
int(10) auto_increment unique comment_id
int(10) id
text comments
varchar(255) name

Table1 is list of locations with a discription. Table2 is a table of peoples comments on locations listed in Table1. Each comment in Table2 is linked to its corresponding location in Table1 by id. Table1.id = Table2.id, there can be unlimited comments in Table2 that correspond to one location in Table1, so it's a one to many relationship. How can I query an print my Table1 data with my Table2 comments appended.

Here is an overview of how I'm printing my Table1 data, I need to figure out how to modifiy it.

$dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:$database:$db_server", $user, $password
+);

     {
      $statement = "SELECT id,state,city,discription FROM speedtrap WH
+ERE state=$state";
      }

$sth = $dbh->prepare($statement) or die "Couldn't prepare the query: "
+.$sth->errstr;
$rv = $sth->execute or die "Couldn't execute query: ".$dbh->errstr;

print <<EOF;
<table border="1" align="center" width="100%">
    <tr>
        <td width="1" height="1">
            <p align="center">ID</p>
        </td>
        <td width="10%" height="1">
            <p align="center">State</p>
        </td>
        <td width="20%" height="1">
            <p align="center">City</p>
        </td>
        <td width="20%" height="1">
            <p align="center">Location</p>
        </td>
        <td width="20%" height="1">
            <p align="center">Discription</p>
        </td>
            </tr>
EOF

while (@row = $sth->fetchrow_array) {
($id,$state,$city,$Discription) = @row;


print <<EOF;
<tr>
        <td width="1" height="1>$id</td>
        <td width="10%" height="1">$state</td>
        <td width="20%" height="1">$city</td>
        <td width="20%" height="1">$location</td>
        <td width="70%" height="1">$discription</td>
    </tr>

EOF
}
print "</table>";
}

$rc = $sth->finish;
$rc = $dbh->disconnect;

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