my $request = "SELECT * FROM dbname WHERE unit = ? AND name1 REGEXP ? AND email REGEXP ? ORDER BY unit"

my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:database=database;host=localhost", "user", "passwd",{'RaiseError' => 1});

my $sth = $dbh->prepare($request);

$sth->execute("001", "duckman", "google.com");

while (my $ref = $sth->fetchrow_hashref())
{
	# here is where the magic happens
	h3("this should be running but isn't");
	h3("Unit $ref->{'unit'}");
}