Thanx a lot for ur advice!! I am directing the output to a file. So this is what it generates when i try to run it: 
contract_number =397011
member_id =000000003
start_date =10/01/2000
end_date =10/01/2000
Content-type: text/html


Error Summary Report:

No Errors in period
</TABLE>
<TABLE WIDTH=605 BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0>
<TR><TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR><TD COLSPAN="3" ALIGN=center><FORM NAME="Contract Query" METHOD="p
+ost" ACTION="D:/rsc/rscdetail2"><INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="prev_contrac
+t" VALUE="">
<INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="prev_start" VALUE="08/21/2001">
<INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="prev_end" VALUE="08/21/2001">
<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE=Back></FORM></TD></TR>


runtime=0 second(s)

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First 4 lines are just prints. I tried to test whether the inputs are getting passed from Java to Perl.

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