You seem a little confused over who's who and who posted what.

kcott and Ken are one and the same (i.e. me); just as ramki067 and Sharath are one and the same (i.e. you).

It was Athanasius who suggested $t->errmode("return");. He won't be notified of your reply to me; you may want to thank him separately.

Anyway, glad you've resolved your problem, regardless of who's advice was involved. :-)