Im trying to pass my data from one perl script to another via link : <a href=navigate.pl?$pagectr|$query>$pagectr</a> $query is my search query and I want it to be passed and be used by the other script. But I wasnt able to do so because it only passes the first part of the string and terminates right after the space. heres an example: $query = SELECT * FROM sqrequest WHERE id != 0 ORDER BY date, time .. but when i pass it, only "SELECT" is being captured. Im planning to change all the spaces into any char but I dont know how. Is there a way for me to make it work, or is there a better way of doing this. Any help is deeply appreciated. Thanks in advance