Hello again wise ones. I am hoping someone can help me do the following. using the html and cgi code below this is what I would like to do. Have the cgi test the form as it does and if it finds a problem return the user back to the html form but fill the fields with whatever data they already entered and display an error message at the top. I can of course print the error and tell them to click back but would rather save them the clicks. I tried a redirect and passing the args using $key=$value but that didn't work. I know this is prob something simple but I am stumped. Thanks in advance for any help. 
<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-12
+52">
<title>Name</title>
</head>

<body>
<form name=form method="POST" action="http://localhost/vfsscripts/junk
+.cgi">
    <blockquote>
        <blockquote>
            <blockquote>
                <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb
+sp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                Name&nbsp; <input type="text" name="Name" size="20"></
+p>
                <blockquote>
                    <blockquote>
                        <p>Email&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
                        <input type="text" name="Email" size="20"></p>
                        <p><font face="Verdana" size="1">
        <input type="submit" value="Submit" tabindex="37"></font></p>
                        <p>&nbsp;</p>
                    </blockquote>
                </blockquote>
            </blockquote>
        </blockquote>
    </blockquote>
</form>

</body>

</html>

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#!c:/Perl/bin/Perl.exe

use CGI;
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
$query = new CGI;

&testform();

sub testform{
    $Name = $query->param("Name");
    $Email = $query->param("Email");
    if(($Name !~ /\w/) || ($Email !~ /^([a-zA-Z0-9_\.\-])+\@(([a-zA-Z0
+-9\-])+\.)+([a-zA-Z0-9]{2,4})+$/)){
        #### SEND BACK TO HTML FOR AND FILL IN WITH DATA ALREADY ENTER
+ED ####
    }
    else {
        print "Name => $Name<br>";
        print "Email => $Email<br>";
    }

}

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In reply to have cgi send data back to form on error by boat73

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