use strict;
use CGI::Pretty qw(:standard *table);
use CGI::Carp 'fatalsToBrowser';

.....

sub slurp {
  open(FILE,"<params.inc") || die $! ;
    restore_parameters(FILE);
  close(FILE);
}

##</code><code>##

 Bareword "FILE" not allowed while "strict subs" in 
use at D:/SITES/xyz123/cgi-bin/rows.cgi line 48.