Thanks

The content function of HTTP::Request was the key. I also used the header function to set the content type as text/xml. That got it working, in the sense I now have proof that my code is sending content, and that the server is processing it.

I did look at SOAP::Lite, but it seemed like overkill as all these guys use SOAP for is to structure the XML messages it expects to receive and those it sends in response.

Thanks

Ted