I'm trying to get a number of how many records are in the DB I call toby to show on the master page.
Below is the code that I'm using, the path to "toby.db" is correct but I don't get a number to show.

What my end goal is, is to have and image show on a page (like a red bar) if there is one record or more in the data base
If there are no records then the image will not show.
Records are in this DB for a short time then deleted. The red bar will tell admin that there is a record in the DB.

You may know of a better way than what I'm thinking.

Any ideals?
Ed-

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cfg
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# Full path to toby database.
$db_file_toby = $db_script_path . "/../db/toby.db"; # This is the name of the Toby's DB.


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db.cgi
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sub db_record_count {
# --------------------------------------------------------
# Displays the number of records.

my $count = 0;
open (DB, "<$db_file_toby") or &cgierr("error. unable to open database:$db_file_toby.\nReason: $!");
LINE: while ( ) {
if (!(/^#/) && !(/^\s*$/)) {
$line = $_;
chomp ($line);
@fields = &split_decode ($line);
if ($per_admin) {
++$count;
}
}
}
close DB;
print $count;
}


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html.pl
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This is a test to see if it will print a number: $db_record_count