note merlyn <blockquote><i> Before anyone rips me for not using CGI, I want to let it be known that I am unable to use CGI for this application due to the server I will be using it on. </i></blockquote> I don't buy that one. Sorry. <p> If it's a recent usable version of Perl, then CGI.pm came with it. <p> Even if it's not, CGI.pm is a single file. Download it, extract it from the distribution, and place it in the "current directory", likely the same place as your script, or add a <tt>use lib...</tt> directive to point to its location. <p> Even if <b>that</b> option is not available, because they've said "your application must fit in a single file" (a ludicrous requirement, but work with me on this one), you can edit your single file as follows: <code> BEGIN { ... insert contents of CGI.pm here, stopping just before the __END__ token } BEGIN { CGI->import(":all"); } ... your code goes here ... my $foo = param("bar"); ... more of your code goes here ... </code> There. No excuses. Use CGI.pm. <p>-- <a href="http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/">Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker</a></p> 77580 77580