If you just run it, it should work properly. When I run this with c1=1, the checked="checked" disappears on my system. Regarding the calling convention, the following excerpt is from http://stein.cshl.org/WWW/software/CGI/#debugging Debugging If you are running the script from the command line or in the perl debugger, you can pass the script a list of keywords or parameter=value pairs on the command line or from standard input (you don't have to worry about tricking your script into reading from environment variables). You can pass keywords like this: my_script.pl keyword1 keyword2 keyword3 or this: my_script.pl keyword1+keyword2+keyword3 or this: my_script.pl name1=value1 name2=value2 or this: my_script.pl name1=value1&name2=value2 If you pass the -debug pragma to CGI.pm, you can send CGI name-value pairs as newline-delimited parameters on standard input: % my_script.pl first_name=fred last_name=flintstone occupation='granite miner' ^D

In reply to Re: Re: CGI.pm quirk by esharris
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