Okay, so I have fetched some data from a SQL Server. I am taking the value and placing it in a html select box. 

SystemName: <select name="system" > 
while ($pointer=$sth->fetchrow_arrayref)
   {       
    $id = $pointer[0];
    $s=$pointer[1];
    $name=$$pointer[2];
  print "<option value=".$name.">$name";
   }

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The $name holds this value ="Doe, John". When I call it from another page using param('system'), I am only getting "Doe,". "John" does not get concatenated with the name. HOWEVER, if I do hard code the name in the value: 
SystemName: <select name="system" >
while ($pointer=$sth->fetchrow_arrayref)
   {       
    $id = $pointer[0];
    $s=$pointer[1];
    $name=$$pointer[2];
  print "<option value="Doe, John">$name";
   }

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and call it from param('system'), then I get value = "Doe, John". Does anyone know why passing a string from a array does not get escaped correclty vs passing a hardcoded string?

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