Use less data :-)

In all seriousness, this isn't a Perl problem. It is most likely an MIE bug that has problems dealing with the data you send.

It's worth noting that if you are sending that many hidden fields, you almost certainly need to redsign the program and it's logic. Consider using a cookie. Hidden fields are a simple way to maintain very basic state information, and should not be used for anything you want to be secure.

use CGI qw(:standard);

my $numb;
print header();

if ($numb = trim(param('numb'))) {
   print start_form();
   print hidden(-name=>"hidden$_") 
      for map { sprintf("%04d",$_) } (0..$numb);
   print submit('stumbit'), end_form();
}
elsif (param('stumbit')) {
   print ul(map {li($_)} grep /^hidden/, param());
   print start_form(), submit('try again'), end_form();
}
else {
   print "Enter number of hidden fields to create: ",
      start_form(), textfield('numb'), 
      submit('go'), end_form();
}

sub trim {
   my $it = shift;
   $it =~ s/^\s*//o;
   $it =~ s/\s*$//o;
   return $it;
}
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jeffa

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-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
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(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)

probably an IE bug. it wouldn't surprise me. eg, Mac IE 5 has a hard limit on the amount of text you can put into a textarea. somewhere around 8K, it just won't let you type in another character. kind of makes certain web-based applications difficult.

anders pearson

Technology is great: When it works.

Cheers!

Brent

-- Yeah, I'm a Delt.