FETCHING THE PARAMETER LIST AS A HASH: $params = $q->Vars; print $params->{'address'}; @foo = split("\0",$params->{'foo'}); %params = $q->Vars; use CGI ':cgi-lib'; $params = Vars; #### use CGI qw/Vars/; my %params = Vars; # now you're good to go :-) #### use CGI; my $q = new CGI($ENV{QUERY_STRING}); my %params = $q->Vars();