Thanks for your review, I was wondering about that kludge on 419. Unfortunately, this is on a hosted system, so I don't have access to Text::CSV or Text::CSV_XS (which is a pre-req for DBD::CSV). I will make a request to see if I can get those modules installed. I should have mentioned that in my first post...

Same goes for Class::DBI, although I hadn't thought of using it. It looks pretty slick, so even if I don't get it installed on the hosted system, I will install it on my system and play around with it.

When I declare a global variable is it like this?: 

use vars qw/foo, bar, baz/;

[download]

I normally like to stay away from global variables, but in this case I think you're right. The size of the script and the basic interaction make good reasons to have a couple of global variables... although I want to keep them read-only.

Thanks for all your help and the discussion :)
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Ben
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In reply to Re: (jeffa) Re: Code review and question for parts script by bprew
in thread Code review and question for parts script by bprew

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