I'm currently working on a CGI file upload script, and, as a new programmer, am running into a problem I can't seem to fix. Really, the problem may or may not be perl related, but I figure someone here may know the answer. The problem is that when I select a file to upload on my file upload HTML page, and click "submit" to send the file to my CGI, the browser sits for a few minutes, and then crashes (IE = "DNS error"). I put the following lines in the beginning of my code for debugging purposes: 
    if ($query->param("Submit")){
        die;
    }

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When I submit a file, the program never reaches these lines (the program never dies). However if I goto the url "newimage.cgi?Submit=test", the program promptly dies. I'm using HTML templates, but the same problem occurs when I use static HTML. Below is the HTML code: 
 <form name="upload" method="post" action="newimage.cgi" enctype="mult
+ipart/form-data">
        <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
            <tr><td height="50">&nbsp;
                
            </td></tr>

            <tr>
            <td colspan="2"> File: 
              <input type="file" name="file" size="40">

            </td>
          </tr>
            <tr><td colspan="2">
                <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Add Image">
                <input type="reset" name="Reset" value="Reset">
            </td></tr>
            <tr><td colspan="2">
                <font color="#CC0000" size="-1"></font> 
            </td></tr>
        </table>
        </form>

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I didn't include my CGI program because I don't feel that the code is the problem. Thanks for any help you can provide.

In reply to CGI file upload - endless loop?? by lpoht

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