This problem is an odd one. At least I think so. My typical development involves two machines: my Win2k desktop for development, and Windows NT Server 4.0 for production use. Both run Apache 1.3.20 and ActivePerl 5.6.1. In one of my scripts, I had the following snippet of code: 
$legal_temp = $subdivision . "<BR>\n" . $legal;

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This worked exactly as intended on my development station, but when I moved it to the production server, Dr. Watson would trigger and halt execution of my script when this line was reached. I checked the server error log for details (as always, I have warnings, strict, and CGI::Carp enabled) to find none. I executed the script from the command line to again find no errors or warnings. I took a look through the script before this line again and verified that $subdivision, $legal and $legal_temp were all defined prior to this line.

I was able to work around Dr. Watson by changing the line to read this: 

$legal_temp = $subdivision . "<BR>\n";
$legal_temp .= $legal;

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I'm not sure why this works, but it does. And not knowing why annoys me to no end :P

I have a similar situation with the following line: 

$bodytext .= "<TR><TD align=\"left\">" . ($lcount > 0 ? "<HR>" : "") .
+ "<FONT size=\"2\">";

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No warnings or errors, and all variables are defined prior to use. However, this line also triggers Dr. Watson. By changing it to this: 
$bodytext .= "<TR><TD align=\"left\"><FONT size=\"2\">";

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the Dr. will leave me alone.

Is there something obvious that I'm doing wrong here? Or is there a difference in how ActivePerl behaves on Win2k as opposed to NT4? I'm confused. . . . if someone can help/explain, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
MrCromeDome

In reply to Dr. Watson paid my perl script a visit. . . by MrCromeDome

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