Welcome to the monastery.
I moved this from PerlMonks discussion to Seekers of Perl Wisdom (ie questions).
Consider read something about the use of this site on the Tutorials section: rigth sections to post questions, and how to ask.
hth
L*
There are no rules, there are no thumbs..
Reinvent the wheel, then learn The Wheel; may be one day you reinvent one of THE WHEELS.