Holy K-Rap, Batman!
Atsa lotsa stuff!

Thanks blokhead and graff! You both brought up some very good points, it is greatly appreciated. I am going to put in placeholders where I can.

graff, that table code outputs 2 columns in the format

<b>Name</b>                   <b>Name</b>    
Address                       Address
City                          City
Category                      Category
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One thing though, graff. Can you explain this section to me?

I am not real sure that I am following the logic.

Thanks for everything guys! It is much appreciated and the points are well taken.
Jim

my $column = ( $type eq 'alpha' ) ? 'name' : "CONCAT_WS(' ',keywords,c
+ategory)";

my $query = "SELECT name, address, city, phone FROM valley ".
    "WHERE $column LIKE ? ORDER BY name LIMIT ?,?";
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