in reply to web dev problem
... i am unable to access the value on the subsequent html page thru the normal way (e.g. $FORMNAME{'valuename'})...
The "normal way" is a good description. Whenever I see something like $UPPERCASE_HASH{formfield} there's an alert shouting from deep in my head: "use CGI;#!!!". Please, use the CGI module whenever you use the CGI, CGI without CGI.pm is in 99% of all cases determined to cause nasty problems.
How does your HTML look in detail and does it follow these guidelines?
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