I see what you mean by error checking first. As it turns out, the $rpt_id variable is actually set by the value of the radio button that is clicked; the user doesn't actually do anything but click on the radio button to indicate which report they want.

I am especially appreciative of your help/comments/suggestions about how to improve my code with regards to security. This is a big concern to me since I'm new at this. I've already received an agreement from our dba's to review my code for security holes after I get my initial draft completed, but it's nice to get the holes filled before showing it to them!

Thanks!

Lori

In reply to Re: 3Re: HTML::Template, CGI - concatenating strings & variables by Lori713
in thread HTML::Template, CGI - concatenating strings & variables by Lori713

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