OK. If I try and put this code: 

           $db = new Win32::ODBC("$DSN"),
            if ($dept ='CA'){
            if (!($db=new Win32::ODBC($DSN))) {
            print "Error connecting to Database\n";
           print "Error: " . Win32::ODBC::Error() . "\n";
            }
          $SqlStatement = "SELECT * FROM Pipeline WHERE Publish<='$tod
+ay' AND Expiry>='$today' AND CA='Must Read'";
            if ($db->Sql($SqlStatement)) {
             print "SQL failed.\n <br>$SqlStatement\n";
             print "Error: " . $db->Error() . "\n";
           }
            else {
            while($db->FetchRow()) {
              %Data = $db->DataHash();
            print "<li><a href=\"http://wwwybs/ybsone/Pipeline/master/
+$folderday/$Data{'Ref'}\" target=\"main\"><strong><font face=\"Arial\
+">$Data{'Title'}</a></font>Theme: $Data{'Theme'}</li>";
             }
            }
          $db->Close();
}

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In after this statement in the CGI that I described above: 
            $cgi->p("$dept was received."),

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I just get compilation errors and random messages about syntax errors. Why?

In reply to Re^2: CGI executing a SQL statement by kjg
in thread CGI executing a SQL statement by kjg

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