Thanks for that test script. Funny, I've never run one of those 'Hello' tests before - I just run what I'm working on and get it to work. But it's good to start from the beginning, and it's good to see an example of how the first few lines should be written. (I haven't used 'strict' before and know I should.)

I ran the script and received the 500 internal server error. The error log confirms I don't have CGI.pm installed:

Can't locate CGI.pm in @INC
@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi

[download]

I'll see if I can get my host admin to install it for me. I asked them yesterday and they haven't done it yet - maybe if I quote some of your responses they'll see it's a reasonable request.

Regarding my earlier reference to WS_ftp: That's my ftp program. Yes, I'm using a Windows PC at home, but the site is hosted on Linux. I transfer files using FTP. I've never worked with the command line or used Shell access, and I'm assuming that's what everyone is talking about when they say to enter single Perl commands such as the ones needed for installing CGI.pm. So at this point I have no idea how to enter Perl commands other than through a script. Maybe I should just go experiment with the shell access (if I have it - I'm not sure).

I like writing my own HTML and CSS too. I'd be using CGI.pm primarily for it's other features.

Thanks again, everybody. I appreciate your help.
Dean

In reply to Re: Using CGI.pm by Deanimal
in thread Using CGI.pm by Deanimal

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