something like this: 
#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use CGI;
use HTML::Template;
use DBI;

my $q = CGI->new;

my $dbh =
  DBI->connect( 'dbi:Pg(RaiseError=>1,Taint=>1):dbname=write;host=loca
+lhost',
    'user', 'password', );

if ( $q->param('post') eq 'post' ) {

    #post info to db

    my $sth_get_text = $dbh->prepare(
        q{
insert into write (name,text) values (?,?)
  }
    );

    my $insert = $sth_get_text->execute( $q->param('name'), $q->param(
+'text') );

    $sth_get_text->finish;

    $q->redirect('/perl/write.pl');

}

else {

    #display

    my $sth_get_text = $dbh->prepare(
        q{
    select text,name from write  
  }
    );

    $sth_get_text->execute();

    my $text = $sth_get_text->fetchall_arrayref;

    $sth_get_text->finish;

    my %hash;
    my $stuff;

    foreach my $text_in ( @{$text} ) {

        push @{ $hash{stuff} }, {
            text => $text_in->[0],
            name => $text_in->[1],

        };

    }

    my $template = HTML::Template->new(
        filename          => 'write.tmpl',
        die_on_bad_params => 0
    );

    $template->param(%hash);

    print $template->output;

}
$dbh->disconnect;

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note that this one also contains a html template loop for extracting the tuples out of DB and displaying them, along with a form

write.tmpl is a template which contains the templater loop info and of course a form which submits to this script with the name and text fields present

In reply to Re: HTML Form Submission & Save to MySQL by drfrog
in thread HTML Form Submission & Save to MySQL by macPerl

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