note Discipulus my best read it is not present in your list: Perl Cookbook was for me and by far the more precious font of inspiration.<BR><BR> Then, and cosider me still a student, because we are in 2012, search something named Modern Perl and stress your scripts with Criticism.<BR><BR> Remember also that the wheel was invented yet and you can find last models of it at cpan.<BR><BR> If you survived, start writing program similar to your real needs (DBI recipes and CGI manual for the mentioned 'medium' term goal) and for every problem that block you do a Super Search at perlmonks.<BR><BR> If you get stucked in the learning curve, seriously consider the option to hire me... ;=) as medium level teatcher or a brick-layer coder..<BR><BR> <CODE> </CODE> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-174111"> there are no rules, there are no thumbs.. </div></div> 998375 998375