Just wanted to say thanks to runrig, the line by line critique pointed out a (sadly) basic error I was having problems with doing something similar, but not directly related to this thread. When people take the time to fully explain like this it is amazing how much good can result, even on off topic matters. Thanks for your excellent commentary!
-Mike Gucciard
-Neophyte Perl Coder
-owner@funevilpeople.org