post and get problem

bigup401 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

i have a problem. handle.pl and html works fine bt from handle2.pl when i proceed to handle2.pl doesn't show data from handle.pl

<form method="post" action="handle.pl">
<td>firstname</td>
<td><input type="text" name="first"></td>
</tr><tr>
<td>lastname</td>
<td><input type="text" name="last"></td>
</tr><tr>
<td><input type="submit"></td>
</table>
</form>

handle.pl 
use CGI;
use strict;

my $cg = CGI->new();
my $fname = $cg->param('first');
my $lname = $cg->param('last');

print "Content-Type: text/html\n\n";
print <<HTML;

<p>firstname $fname</p>
<p>lastname  $lname</p>
<p>
  <input type="submit" name="button"  value="Submit">
</p>

HTML 



handle2.pl 
use CGI;
use strict;

my $cg = CGI->new();
my $fn = $cg->param($fname);
my $ln = $cg->param($lname);

print "Content-Type: text/html\n\n";
print <<HTML;

<p>firstname $fn</p>
<p>lastname  $ln</p>
<p>
  <input type="submit" name="button"  value="Submit">
</p>

HTML
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Re: post and get problem by Anonymous Monk on Nov 21, 2014 at 21:16 UTC
Why would you expect anything else?	[reply]
Re^2: post and get problem by bigup401 (Pilgrim) on Nov 22, 2014 at 05:56 UTC
what do u mean	[reply]
Re^3: post and get problem by Corion (Patriarch) on Nov 22, 2014 at 07:49 UTC
You should explain what you expect to happen. Maybe you can also explain why you expect things to happen. Also, I'm unclear on the actual flow of your program. Do you request the HTML file first, submit that to `handle1.pl`? How do you get from `handle1.pl` to `handle2.pl`?	[reply] [d/l] [select]
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Re^3: post and get problem by Anonymous Monk on Nov 22, 2014 at 10:24 UTC
Q: i have a problem. handle.pl and html works fine bt from handle2.pl when i proceed to handle2.pl doesn't show data from handle.pl B: Why would you expect anything else? C: what do u mean What do you think I mean? :) Did you read your own question? You said handle2.pl doesn't show data from handle.pl ... well, why would you expect handle2.pl to show data from handle.pl? Think of it this way, you walk up to a bar, and there are two bartenders, bartender-bob and bartender-bill You give bartender-bob money and bartender-bob gives you a drink You then ask bartender-bill give me a drink, and bartender-bill he says give me money, and then doesn't give you a drink What needs to happen for bartender-bill to give you a drink without you giving him money?	[reply]