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$bgcolor1 = "#BOBOBO";
$bgcolor2 = "#B7DFF7";
    
    
print "<TABLE>\n";

while( @data = $query->fetchrow ) {

    foreach $line(@data) {

    if ($bgcount > 1) 
    {
    $bgcolor=$bgcolor2;$bgcount=1;
    } else {
    $bgcolor=$bgcolor1;$bgcount=2;
    }

    print "<TR bgcolor=$bgcolor>
        <td width=50 align=left>$data[1]</td>
        <td width=50 align=left>$data[2]</td>
        <td width=50 align=left>$data[3]</td>
        <td width=50 align=left>$data[4]</td>    
        </TR>";
        
        }
    }

    print "</TABLE>\n";
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