#!/usr/bin/perl

use warnings;
use strict;
use DBI;
use DBD::ODBC;

my $dbh = DBI->connect( "dbi:ODBC:employeeDB", "", "", { RaiseError => 1 } );
 
my $ID = "1";

my $query = "UPDATE employee SET firstName = 'new Value' WHERE EmployeeID = '$ID'";
   
print( "$query \n" );
$dbh->do( $query );

# Now print the updated database
my $sth = $dbh->prepare( q{ SELECT * FROM employee  } );

$sth->execute();

print( "\n" );
my @array;

while ( @array = $sth->fetchrow_array() ) {
   write();
}

warn( $DBI::errstr ) if $DBI::err;
$sth->finish();
$dbh->disconnect();

format STDOUT = 
@<<<<<<@<<<<<<<<<@<<<<<<<<<<@<<<<<@<<<<<<<<<<<
$array[ 0 ], $array[ 1 ], $array[ 2 ], $array[ 3 ], $array[ 4 ]