You can use these variables in either of two ways. 1. On a script-by-script basis Set the variable at the top of the script, right after the "use" statement: use CGI qw/:standard/; use CGI::Carp 'fatalsToBrowser'; $CGI::POST_MAX=1024 * 100; # max 100K posts $CGI::DISABLE_UPLOADS = 1; # no uploads 2. Globally for all scripts Open up CGI.pm, find the definitions for $POST_MAX and $DISABLE_UPLOADS, and set them to the desired values. You'll find them towards the top of the file in a sub­ routine named initialize_globals().