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I noticed while testing that a working form under mod_cgi has issues under mod_perl (Apache::Registry). It seems the POST gets truncated after a certain size.
Here is a small example script to show the issue:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use CGI qw(:standard);
use Data::Dumper;
my $cgi = new CGI();

print $cgi->header();

my $field1 = $cgi->param('field1') || '';
my $field2 = $cgi->param('field2') || '';

print qq{
  <table>
  <form method="post">
    <tr><td><input type="text" name="field1" value="$field1"></td></tr
+>
    <tr><td><textarea name="field2" cols="100" rows="30" wrap="hard">$
+field2</textarea></td></tr>
    <tr><td><input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit"></td></t
+r>
  </form>
  </table>
};
print $cgi->pre( Dumper(\$cgi,\%ENV) ),"\n";
1;
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You can use anything for the first text field (noting that changing the length of data on this field changes the length allotted to the textarea). Also notice $ENV{CONTENT_LENGTH} is approx '2691'. Simply submitting again with the truncated data is approx '1389' for $ENV{CONTENT_LENGTH}. Also, $CGI::POST_MAX is not set, and has been set ridiculously high to see if that takes care of it.

Here is a good sized value for the textarea to demo the issue:

one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one on
+e one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one
+ one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one 
+one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one o
+ne one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one on
+e one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one
+ one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one 
+one one one one 

two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two tw
+o two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two
+ two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two 
+two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two t
+wo two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two tw
+o two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two
+ two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two 
+two two two two 

three three three three three three three three three three three thre
+e three three three three three three three three three three three t
+hree three three three three three three three three three three thre
+e three three three three three three three three three three three t
+hree three three three three three three three three three three thre
+e three three three three three three three three three three three t
+hree three three three three three three three three three three thre
+e three three three three 

four four four four four four four four four four four four four four 
+four four four four four four four four four four four four four four
+ four four four four four four four four four four four four four fou
+r four four four four four four four four four four four four four fo
+ur four four four four four four four four four four four four four f
+our four four four four four four four four four four four four four 
+four four four four four four four four four four four four four four
+ four four four

five five five five five five five five five five five five five five 
+five five five five five five five five five five five five five five
+ five five five five five five five five five five five five five fiv
+e five five five five five five five five five five five five five fi
+ve five five five five five five five five five five five five five f
+ive five five five five five five five five five five five five five 
+five five five five five five five five five five five five five five
+ five five five
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I have googled and searched here but haven't come across a workaround or fix.

Any pointers appreciated... thanks in advance.

crouchingpenguin

"Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic."