what i am tring to do is have one CGI script read in some xml that was posted to it. It works fine for the GET but not the post. Below is the code that sends and reads (located in separate files)

The Sending code: 
my $xml = "<test>post did it go threw</test>";
my $SendObject = Win32::OLE->new('microsoft.XMLhttp');
$SendObject->open("POST", "http://www.xys.com/cgi-bin/post_test.cgi", 
+"false");
$SendObject->setRequestHeader("Content-type", "text/xml");
$SendObject->send($xml);
my $response = $SendObject->responseText;
print "<br><br>POST RESPONSE: $response";

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The receiving code: 
if($ENV{'REQUEST_METHOD'} eq 'POST'){
    my $val = <STDIN>;
    print $val;
}

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it doesn't like how i am trying to access STDIN The error i get is: CGI Timeout The specified CGI application exceeded the allowed time for processing. The server has deleted the process.

All help is greatly appreciated...as usual thank you all -Bob "Im just a squirrel trying to get a nut"

In reply to cgi and stdin by bear0053

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