To start, you have your versions backwards. You probably have apache 1.3x. Perl should be version 5.6 or 5.8. You can check that by typing perl -v at the command line.

Once you are sure perl is working, test your script without Apache.

If that's ok, you might need to change the shebang line to point to whatever folder the perl binary is in. #c:/perl/bin or wherever is happens to be.

Apache might need to be configured to run scripts. At the least you might need a scriptalias directive. If you never did this before, it's in a file called httpd.conf. I have some information about it at http://frontiernet.net/~hsweet/comp1/apache.htm

Getting scripts to run doesn't really involve anything difficult, but you do have to get a lot of ducks in a row. Also, Teach Yourself Perl in 24 Hours has a good introduction to CGI

good luck

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