Two pieces of advice:

• Check that your files are actually being opened. open ARTISTOUT, ">".$row[1].".html" or die "Cannot open file: $!\n" ; might give you a clue as to why you program is trying to write to a closed filehandle.
• You really ought to take a look at the CGI module for this. You may find that you can clean up your code significantly. Or, if you get really ambitious, go check out the Template Toolkit. It is absolutely my favourite tool for database-to-CGI applications.

Good luck! :->

UPDATE: Just reread the problem. It sounds to me as though buffering could be an issue. Try adding the line $|++ ; near the beginning of your code and see if it helps any.

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