my $h = new HTTP::Headers(
        Accept=>'*/*',
        user_agent=>$ENV{'HTTP_USER_AGENT'},
    );

    &progress_log("setup the headers");

    my $req = new HTTP::Request(
        $req_type,
        $posttourl,
        $h
    );
    &progress_log("setup the headers");

    my $user_page = $ua->request($req);
    &progress_log("got the results");
    $user_page_flat = $user_page->as_string;

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the code above executes cleanly the first time trough (it runs in a deamon) but the second time (about 24 hours later) the last line fails (the progress_log subs just prints the message to a log so i was able to identify the failing line) now can anyone give me any suggestions as to why it is happening and how to fix it

In reply to why does my as_string fail the second time its used by idova

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