use CGI 2.7 qw/:standard :cgi-lib/;
[download]

http://search.cpan.org/src/LDS/CGI.pm-2.98/cgi_docs.html

Version 2.50

1. Added a new Vars() method to retrieve all parameters as a tied hash.

That's probably your problem (not a current enough version of CGI.pm).

MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"

I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).

** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.