Hi Monks,

I have written html code which has to operate based on a perl cgi file. I stored that in /var/www/cgi-bin/ folder. I have given the same path in the html page. That CGI script needs to connect to a MySQL server. I have written every thing. But whenever I click on any button it is taking me the perl CGI script. Not operating accordingly.

I am new to this CGI scripting. So, kindly guide me.

HTML Code: 
<hr>
<form name="node" action="/home/anil/Desktop/displayPort.cgi" method="
+POST">
<input type="radio" name="choice" value="add"> Add
<input type="radio" name="choice" value="del"> Delete
<input type="radio" name="choice" value="display"> Display
<input type="radio" name="choice" value="update"> Update
<input type="submit" value="ClickMe">
</form>

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Cgi Code (currently I am not doing any operation as I felt the integration between html page and the cgi script is not proper): 
#!/usr/bin/perl
use DBI;
use CGI;
print "Content-type:text/html\r\n\r\n";
print "<title>Updation\\Display</title>";
print "<body bgcolor=\"#98AFC7\">";

$query = new CGI;
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

print <<EOF;
<HTML>

<HEAD>
<TITLE>Hello, world!</TITLE>
</HEAD>

<BODY>
<H1>Hello, world!</H1>
</BODY>

</H

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My main requirement is when I click on any button mentioned in above should lead me to that operation. So suggest me what kind of code I need to add in the cgi script and how do I integrate it with a sql server. Thanks! Anil A Kumar

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