I have a script that I cannot get a good syntax check on. I have researched and can't figure out while my insert line isn't working. Any ideas. 
 #!/usr/bin/perl
use CGI qw(:standard -debug);
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

#assign input items to variables
my $action = param('action');
my $pname = param('pname');
my $unit = param('unit');
my $qty = param('qty');
my $cost = param('cost');

if ($pname eq "" or $unit eq "" or $qty eq "" or $cost eq "") {
print "<html><b><h2><center>Please fill in the form completely. Use yo
+ur backspace button to go back and complete the form</h2></b></center
+>\n";
print "</HTML>\n";
}else {
insert into products (pname, unit, qty, cost) values ('pname', 'unit',
+ 'qty', 'cost');
}

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