As much as I LOOOOVE Data::Dumper, in this instance, i'd prefer (and i'm quoting the CGI.pm docs)

SAVING THE STATE OF THE SCRIPT TO A FILE:

    $query->save(FILEHANDLE); This will write the current state of the form to the provided filehandle. You can read it back in by providing a filehandle to the new() method. Note that the filehandle can be a file, a pipe, or whatever!

 

______crazyinsomniac_____________________________ Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. perl -e "$q=$_;map({chr unpack qq;H*;,$_}split(q;;,q*H*));print;$q/$q;"