Sorry, but your code is a mess, and no fun to debug.

If you want to get the dir in which the script lies, use FindBin].

If you call header() from CGI, you should actually send HTML - that starts with a doctype, <html> etc. - not with <br>.

If you want to use proper HTML templates, consider using HTML::Template, Template, HTML::Template::Compiled or the like.

If you want to escape "dangerous" characters, I recommend HTML::Entities.

I assume that doesn't fix your original problem, but it might clean up your code significantly.

BTW you are comparing "Insert" with "insert" - that will never work.


In reply to Re: Passing Parameters Help! by moritz
in thread Passing Parameters Help! by Anonymous Monk

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