Can't post to database

Hope you guys can help with this. I am trying to add something to the database with a simple form. The form shows up fine, but when I click submit, it refreshes the page (same address mind you) with a 404. For argument’s sake, I have checked,and it does not update the database.

Here is the code that I have inserted into the snippets. Does anyone see what the problem could be?

if (!isset($_POST['submit']))
{
echo "<form action='' method='post'>";
echo "<p>Name: <input type='text' name='name'/></p>";
echo "<input type='submit' name='submit' value='SUBMIT'/>";
echo "</form>";
}
else
{
global $wpdb;
$name = $_POST['name'];
$sql = "INSERT INTO BaseShape SET shapeName='$name';";
}

thanks in advance.

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