Thanks, The snippet now looks like this: 
my $db = new Win32::ODBC('$DSN');

if (defined $dept) {
    if (exists $labels{$dept}) {
        # FIXME
        # untaint $dept and put it into database
        print
            $cgi->start_html,
            $cgi->p("$dept was received.");
            $cgi->end_html;
        if ($dept eq "CA") {
          if (!($db=new Win32::ODBC('$DSN'))) {
              $cgi->p("Error connecting to Database");
              $cgi->p("Error: " . Win32::ODBC::Error ) . " ");
               }
my $SqlStatement ='SELECT * FROM Pipeline WHERE Publish<="19 Apr 2006"
+ AND Expiry>="19 Apr 2006" AND CA="Must Read"';
print $SqlStatement;
   $db->Sql('$SqlStatement');

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I'm still getting this error: 
:\Perlcgi\Pipeline\cgi.pl: Can't call method "Sql" on an undefined val
+ue at E:\Perlcgi\Pipeline\cgi.pl line 51.

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Line 51 is:    $db->Sql('$SqlStatement'); It's like it won't substitute the contents $SqlStatement or something? Why is that?

Incidentally, if I drop in the SQL Statement in that Line 51 code it still gives the same error message. Does CGI need me to express the $db->Sql() differently?

In reply to Re^5: Perl CGI and SQL statements by kjg
in thread Perl CGI and SQL statements by kjg

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