I have to post this, even though your HTML and your script are technically correct and it does not directly answer your question (dws's suggestion to check the log files would be my answer). I feel I should help you in the right direction of coding CGI with Perl correctly.

  • Use CGI.pm... use CGI;
  • check out Ovid's excellent CGI course
  • 2 books to own Lincoln Stein's Official Guide to Programming with CGI.pm and Writing CGI Application with PERL
  • If you are doing a site of any size use a templating system Template Toolkit, Mason, or HTML::Template. This will keep you HTML out of your code (they are not PB and Chocolate :).

    I wish there was a resource like Perlmonks around when I started and programming Perl and this is the info I wish someone would've given me if there were.

    HTH

    grep
    grep> cd pub
    grep> more beer

    In reply to Re: images & background images with CGI by grep
    in thread images & background images with CGI by bighara

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