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I am really sorry that it is not working for you. Actually, I created a temptable and tried executing the code that you are using; 
my $ref = $dbh->selectall_arrayref("
           select name, email from testtable") || die $dbh->errstr;

foreach my $person (@{$ref}) {
        my ($name,$emai) = @{$person};

        print "<font color=\"red\" >Name :  $name  </font>";
        print "<font color=\"blue\"> Email : $email </font><br>";     
+   
}

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It runs just fine even with the "Dr. John Bull". Please check the database if some special characters are not slipped thru.
here is the output
Name : Dr. John Bull Email :

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Re^6: Perl and DBI and CGI
by Anonymous Monk on Jun 24, 2005 at 12:04 UTC
    Code Master,
    I couldn't believe what is happening that the same script gives different results on different machines, finally I add the following code to your script:
    my $ref = $dbh->selectall_arrayref("
           select name, email from users") || die $dbh->errstr;
foreach my $person (@{$ref}) {
        my ($name,$emai) = @{$person};

$_=$Name;
s/ /_/g;
$Name=$_;

        print "<font color=\"red\" >Name :  $name  </font>";
        print "<font color=\"blue\"> Email : $email </font><br>";     
 }

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    Surprisingly, the result is:
    Name : Dr._John_Bull Email :

    So, it is not DB error, but something else. Do you have any idea how to improve it?
    I can live with the "_" insted the " " but Perl beauty suffers.
    Best regards,
    sOKOle
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