help with insert and update

[Jerry Harden]

Pardon my limited expertise on MySQL. I am a 'C' programmer with limited experience with the 'C' APIs for MySQL. I am trying to get existing 'C' programs (web-based-cgi) that do SQL inserts and updates to work on a new server. If the program makes a simple query it works and returns the data. If there is an insert or update invloved the call fails with the ususal -> Error message:
Premature end of script headers: register

I've compiled using: gcc program.c -l mysqlclient -o program

Is this something simple that I've overlooked? (I hope)

Any assistance is much appreciated. Thanks.