Monks,

In my cgi script, I have this question for the user which asks them to pick a filename which they want their report saved as. Here is the code which asks the question: 
use CGI qw/:standard/;
use CGI::Carp qw( fatalsToBrowser );


"7.) What do you want to name the report:",
textfield('report'),

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and I want the script to die if the user does not supply a filename. I thought this little piece of code would work: 
# Make sure a report name is defined
 
my $report = param('report');
 
if (!defined($report)) {
    die "You must supply a filename.\n";
}

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but when I initially bring up the page, it dies with the error "You must supply a filename."

My questions are:
  1. Does the variable get assigned a value even if it is left blank?
  2. If so, what can I do to keep it empty until the user hits the "Submit" button?

Thanks,
Dru

In reply to Why is my CGI.pm script trying to assign data before pressing submit. by dru145

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