As I said, it depends on the context (i.e. HTML form drop down boxes etc.). Also, even if you did just use perl to write to file, you still need to sanitise the data first anyway, no?

So whatever method is used, all user input data needs to be sanitised before using it - I thought that was a foregone conclusion.

I once made a unicycle and taught myself to ride it :)

Nick

EDIT: Also, I just answered the question and showed one way to do it - I didn't think I needed to provide a full synopsis of how to do the whole lot!

In reply to Re^5: How to get post parameters and print/log them in Perl by Linicks
in thread How to get post parameters and print/log them in Perl by leela11krishna

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