Monks,

I'm working on a database using a dbm file indexed with the IP of the user's computer ($ENV{REMOTE_ADDR}). The problem is that if I set it to $dbm_hash{$ENV{REMOTE_ADDR}} I get errors, both in CLI and CGI modes. If I do $userIP = $ENV{REMOTE_ADDR} and then call $dbm_hash($userIP) the same problems occure. However, if I do $userIP = "192.1.1.191" the script will run in CLI, but still errors out in CGI. What am I doing wrong?

~~Guildencrantz 
#my $userIP = $ENV{REMOTE_ADDR};
my $userIP = "129.168.1.100";
my @formData = split/&/, $ENV{QUERY_STRING};
my %rawData;
my $dbEntry;

foreach (@formData) {
    my ($name, $value) = split /=/, $_;
    
    $name  =~ tr/+/ /;
    $name  =~ s/%([a-f0-9][a-f0-9])/chr(hex($1))/egi;
    $value =~ tr/+/ /;
    $value =~ s/%([a-f0-9][a-f0-9])/chr(hex($1))/egi;

    $rawData{$name} = $value;
}

$dbEntry = "<TR><TD>$userIP</TD><TD>$rawData{user}</TD><TD>$rawData{se
+rver}</TD><TD>$rawData{serverpw}</TD><TD>$rawData{gameDiff}</TD><TD>$
+rawData{worldDiff}</TD><TD>$rawData{map}</TD><TD>$rawData{dod}</TD><T
+D>$rawData{teamEnabled}</TD><TD>$rawData{pauseEnabled}</TD><TD>$rawDa
+ta{pvpEnabled}</TD><TD>$rawData{joinEnabled}</TD><TD>$rawData{chooseS
+tartEnabled}</TD><TD>$rawData{newRestrictionEnabled}</TD></TR>";

my %allIPs;
dbmopen(%allIPs, "database/allIPs", 0664)
    or die "Cannot open allIPs database: $!";

$allIPs{$userIP} = $dbEntry or die "$!";

dbmclose %allIPs;

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