note Masem And even then, with this test, while it's fair in how fast it accesses, the real concern would be the speed in breaking down the query string. I propose a better test would be : <CODE> use Benchmark; use CGI qw/:cgi /; use CGI::Simple; $ENV{'QUERY_STRING'} = 'foo=bar&baz=boo'; timethese(250000, {'CGI' => '$q = new CGI; $q->param("baz")', 'Simple' => '$s = new CGI::Simple; $s->param( +"baz")'}); </CODE> ----------------------------------------------------- <A HREF="http://mneylon.masemware.com/">Dr. Michael K. Neylon</A> - <a href="mailto:mneylon-pm@masemware.com">mneylon-pm@masemware.com</a> || "You've left the lens cap of your mind on again, Pinky" - The Brain "I can see my house from here!" It's not what you know, but knowing how to find it if you don't know that's important 145432 145690