Thanks for the help... Changed it to add text box. However this is opening in the same page. Is is possible to open on a new page and also check for mutiple servers 

#!/usr/bin/perl
# n.cgi

use strict;
use CGI qw( :standard );
use CGI::Carp qw( fatalsToBrowser );
use POSIX qw(strftime);

my $today = time;
my $yesterday = $today - 60 * 168 * 60;
my $FM = strftime "%m-%d-%Y", ( localtime($yesterday) );
my $TM = strftime '%m-%d-%Y', localtime;


# page layout
my $page =<< "EndOfText";
<h2>NBU Backup Report</h2>
<form name="form" method="post" action="n.cgi">
<table>
<tr>
  <td align="right"><strong>Hostname</strong></td>
  <TD>
 <TEXTAREA NAME="server" ROWS=1 COLS=30 WRAP="server"></TEXTAREA>
  </td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td colspan="2"> &nbsp; </td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td> &nbsp; </td>
  <td>
    <input type="submit" name="action" value="Search" />
  </td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
EndOfText

# get parameters
my $q = CGI->new;
my $action = $q->param('action');
my $server = $q->param('server');

# construct URL
my $URL = "http://a.com:8080/bms/healthMonitor.do?method=redirect&oper
+ation=BackupHistorySearch&subOperation=GetReport&clientName=$server&f
+romDateStr=$FM&toDateStr=$TM";

# redirect if required
if ($action eq 'Search'){ # remove hash to redirect
  print $q->redirect($URL);
} else {

  print $q->header,
  $q->start_html('Page Title'),
  $page,
# hash out next 2 lines or remove if OK
 # $q->p("Vars action=$action : server=$server : FM=$FM : TM=$TM "),
  $q->a({-href=>$URL, -target=>'_blank'},$URL),


}

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In reply to Re^3: Perl CGI redirect by Anonymous Monk
in thread Perl CGI redirect by aksusa

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