My problem lies in this code. It seems to work fine on the command prompt, but once on my server, it doesn't seem to work. It gives no output when you search.

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

use CGI qw(:standard);

print    header(),
    start_html("Street Print CD Catalog"),
    h1("StreetPrint CD Catalog");
## if the script has been run
if (param()) {
##get the color
chomp(my $color = param("color"));
## get the pattern
chomp(my $pattern = param("pattern"));
## show the 2 received variables
print p($color, br(), $pattern);

   my (%dbcolor, %dbpattern, %dbcd, @name);
## open my DB file
   open (DBFILE, "form.db") or die "$!";
   my $i = "0";
while ($name[$i] = <DBFILE>) { ## put the first line of 4 in name
      $dbcolor{$name[$i]} = <DBFILE>; ## put the second line of 4 in $
+dbcolor, referenced with the name
## of the picture
      $dbpattern{$name[$i]}= <DBFILE>;## put the third line of 4 in $d
+bpattern, referenced with the name
## of the picture
      $dbcd{$name[$i]}= <DBFILE>; ## get the cd number of the picture
      $i++;

}

close (DBFILE);

foreach (@name) {
## if either color or pattern match on the file, show all results that
+ do
    if (($dbcolor{$_} eq $color) or ($dbpattern{$_} eq $pattern))
    {
        print p($_, br(), $dbcolor{$_}, br(), $dbpattern{$_}, br(), $d
+bcd{$_}, br());    }
}
} else {
print start_form();## create the form
print p("What Color do you want? ", popup_menu("color", ["Any", 'Brick
+', 'Terracotta','Burnt Sienna','Hunter Green','Safety Blue','White', 
+'Bedrock','Slate','Sierra']));
print p("What Pattern do you want? ", popup_menu("pattern", ["Any", 'O
+ffset Brick','Herringbone','Herringbone Diagonal','Ashlar Slate','Bri
+tish Cobble','Frisco Cobble','Random Stone','Eurofan']));
print p(submit("Find"), reset("Reset"));
print end_form;
}
print end_html;

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Now the file that is being run here and the DB file is being run here.



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Wiz, The VooDoo Doll
Head Master of 12:30 Productions
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