I need help, using CGI, ODBC and Flash. I am trying to output the results from a CGI, which performs an SQL statement on an ODBC data source, in HTTP headers so that it can be used in a dynamic text box in a Flash file. I can get the results to appear when run from a DOS prompt, but cannot retrieve any details in a browser. Ideally, I would prefer each row of the query results to be in a separate header, but can you force a CGI to output a HTTP header? Please can you help? 
#!usr/perl/bin

use CGI;
use DBI;

$q = new CGI;
$message_id = 0;
$message_date = "";
$message_time = "";
$message_sender_name = "";
$message_to_name = "";
$error_message = "No Records Found...Please Select Again";

$department_type_local = $q->param(department_type);

print "got to end of vars\n";

$dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:ODBC:messagestore", "anonymous", "password") 
+or die "Couldn't connect to database";

$query = $dbh->prepare("SELECT [message_table].message_id], [message_t
+able].[message_date], [message_table].[message_time], [message_table]
+.[message_sender_name], [message_table].[message_to_name], [message_t
+able].[department_id]
                        FROM message_table
                        WHERE((([message_table].department_id]) = ?));
+");

$query->execute($department_type_local) or die "Couldn't execute state
+ment";

open (flha, "message.html") or die "Can't open html doc.\n";

while (<flha>){
  print;
}
close flha;

open (messagelog, "messagelog.log") or die "Can't open temp log file.\
+n";

if ($query->rows == 0){

   print $error_message;

} else {

   while (@data = $query->fetchrow_array()){
      $message_id = $data[0];
      $message_date = $data[1];
      $message_time = $data[2];
      $message_sender_name = $data[3];
      $message_to_name = $data[4];
   }
}

close messagelog;
$query->finish;
$dbh->disconnect;

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Edit: chipmunk 2001-05-02

In reply to Help combining CGI, ODBC, and Flash by grax

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