Thank you all for your help. I'm still lost though and I think I just didn't explain myself clearly. Here's the process.

A customer goes to the site and fills out a form.

Results are sent to a flatfile database (they each have a unique id).

When they need to modify their information, they click on a link (after login) with the script.cgi?action=modify. ID is a hidden field from their login form - so it reads through the database and finds their line.

Now the modification form displays, but it has blank fields. I want the form to display the actual value of the information from the variables in their line.

I have tried using templates, I tried HTML::Template - nothing worked the way it was supposed to - they all come up with blank fields.

I have seen this done on other programs, but I can't figure out how they did it. The other programs don't use HTML::Template or any special modules.

One of the scripts I've seen that does it (FREE) is called Profile Manager.
http://www.interlogy.com/support/download.html

I have been trying to figure this out for over a week and my walls are about to get dented from banging my head on them. Could someone please - pretty please download this script and take a look to see what I'm missing.

My family misses me.

Eternally grateful and...

eagerly waiting to feel like an idiot for not figuring it out :-)

In reply to Re: Variables in form text fields from flatfile by Anonymous Monk
in thread Variables in form text fields from flatfile by Anonymous Monk

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