Hi, thanks for the post, still having heartache! my text file looks like this: 

data|data1|data2|<BR>
data3|data4|data5|data6<BR><BR>

and so forth...there are about 87 fields split in no particular order 
+over 28 lines.  So, what am I doing wrong?  I am getting an internal 
+server error when I use the following code:<BR><BR>

#!/usr/bin/perl -w<BR>

print "Content-type:text/html\n\n";<BR>

open (DATA, "<../../cgi-bin/tracking_1_db.txt") || die;<BR>

while (<DATA>) {<BR>
   my @items = split (/|/, $_);<BR>
}<BR>
close (DATA);<BR>

<HTML><BR>

<HEAD><BR>

<TITLE>Perl Test Script 1</TITLE><BR>

</HEAD><BR>

<BODY><BR>

$items[0];<BR>
$items[1];<BR>

</BODY><BR>

</HTML><BR>

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In reply to Re: Re: Assigning scalar to each field in a flat file database by Anonymous Monk
in thread Assigning scalar to each field in a flat file database by Anonymous Monk

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