Actually, It wouldn't work until I took out the die. I originally had it in, I am also using the CGI qw(html3: and standard:) I have two files both the saem, but for testing purposes I named a new one, and also took out some html code, the form tags. I think it is on the same server, but I will try strict, but I'm not sure about it because I'm using it in a script that has over 40 variables in it. Joe