Well I have two scripts that really arent working.

Script (a sort of Perl site) #1. When I run it through ActivePerl, it runs fine except for an "Use of uninitialized value in string eq at line 20." I've tried to fix this and yes, I know whats its from. Well heres the code. Any pointers, suggestions, or whatever will be appreciated. Just make sure to put them in easy, understandable English. 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use CGI qw(param standard);
use strict;

my $query = new CGI;
my $referrer = $query->param("ref");
my $location = $query->param("place");

if ($referrer){
    $referrer =~ tr/A-Z/a-z/;
    open(REF, ">>referrer.txt") or default('Cant open/write, $!');
    print REF "$referrer\n";
    close(REF);
}elsif ($ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'}) {
    open(REF1, ">>referrer.txt") or default('Cant open/write, $!');
    print REF1 "$ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'}\n";
    close(REF1);
}

if ($location eq ""){
    &main
}elsif ($location eq lc("misc")){
    &misc
}elsif ($location eq lc("links")){
    &links
}else{
    default('Where are you trying to go?');
}

sub links{
    print "links\n";
}

sub misc{
    print "misc\n";
}

sub default{
    print "Theres an error: @_";
}

sub main{
    print "this is sub main!";
}

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</SCRIPT1> <SCRIPT2>
Its an alphabetical sorter that takes input (using CGI.pm) and sorts it alphabetically. Now this will print out the first page but when I submit it, I get a 500 error. I don't really know whats wrong with this one, but once again, any suggestions, pointers, etc. will be appreciated and possibly ++'d. Thanks and heres the code that I have so far...

#!/usr/bin/perl
use CGI qw(param);

my $query = new CGI;

if ($query->param("text1")){
    my $one = $query->param("text1");
    my $two = $query->param("text2");
    my $three = $query->param("text3");
    my $four = $query->param("text4");
    my $five = $query->param("text5");
    my @texts;
    ($one,$two,$three,$four,$five) = @text;
    foreach (sort @text){
        print "$_ \n\n";
    }
}else{
    print qq~

    <HTml><head><title>Alphabetical Sorter</title></head>
    <body><h2 align="center">Alphabetical Sorter.</h2>
    <form method="post">
    <input type="text" name="text1"><Br>
    <input type="text" name="text2"><Br>
    <input type="text" name="text3"><Br>
    <input type="text" name="text4"><Br>
    <input type="text" name="text5"><Br>
    <input type="submit" value="submit form">
    </form>
    ~;
}

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Well thats all I have wrong right now, Im still new to Perl and Im RTFM but its not really helping with what Im trying to write. Thanks, Bye.

Wanna be perl hacker.
Dave AKA damian

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