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#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use diagnostics;
use CGI; 
use Mysql;

# Create an instance of CGI
my $query = new CGI;

# Grab information the user gave us, and verify it
my $firstname = $query->param("firstname");
my $lastname = $query->param("lastname");

# Make sure that the user has entered a plausible
# address
my $email = $query->param("email");
&log_and_die(
"You entered an invalid e-mail address.") 
 unless ($email =~ /@.*\..*/);

# Gather birthday information
my $birthmonth = $query->param("month");
my $birthday = $query->param("day");
my $birthyear = 
 1900 + (10 * $query->param("yeartens")) +
 $query->param("yearones");

# Create a date string from that information
my $birthdate = 
 "$birthyear-$birthmonth-$birthday";

# Now that we have the basic information, create
# an SQL query
my $command = "insert into birthdays ";
$command .= 
 "(firstname, lastname, email, birthdate) ";
$command .= "values ";
$command .= "(\"$firstname\",
\"$lastname\",
 \"$email\", \"$birthdate\")";

# Connect to the database server
my $dbh = Mysql->connect("localhost", "test");

# Send the query for processing
my $sth = $dbh->query($command);

# Check for duplication errors, then for other
# errors
if ($dbh->errno == 2000)
 {
  &log_and_die(
"There is already an entry in the database for \"
$email\". Try another e-mail address.");
 }
elseif (!defined $sth)
 {
  &log_and_die("MySQL error " . $dbh->errno .
 " on command \"$command\"<P>" .
 $dbh->errmsg) unless (defined $sth);
 }

# If there were no errors, then send results to
# the user
else
 {
  # Create the cookie, using person_id from the
  # inserted row
  my $cookie = $query->cookie(-name = 
 "person_id", -value => $sth->insertid);

  # Return a header, including the cookie
  print $query->header(-type => "text/html", 
			 -cookie => $cookie);

  print "<pre>", $query->header(-type =>
 "text/html", -cookie => $cookie), "</pre>\n";

  # Return something to the user
  print "<P>Done!</P>\n"; 
 }