I'm running the code you suggested and got it to work. Now if there is a comment I want to print the comment, if there isn't I want to say that there aren't any comments: 
$comment_sth->execute($id) or die "Couldn't execute comment query: ".$
+DBI::errstr;

my @comment_row;
while (@comment_row = $comment_sth->fetchrow_array) {
my ($speedtrap_id,$comment_id,$comment_text,$comment_date,$commenter) 
+= @comment_row;        

if(@comment_row){
print <<EOF;
<tr> 
<td colspan="2" bgcolor="#E6ECF0">$comment_text</td>
</tr>
EOF
} else {
print <<EOF;
<tr>                            
<td colspan="2" bgcolor="#E6ECF0">There are no comments from others fo
+r this speedtrap.</td>
</tr>
EOF
}

[download]

But it always executes the the first condition. I've tried all kinds of ways to get the condition to work but I can't figure it out. Your help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Adam

In reply to Re^2: Perl database access by Anonymous Monk
in thread Perl database access by Anonymous Monk

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