hi thanks for your suggestion i tried to pass the hash of hashes i constructed 
as $template->process($file,%add)
    || die $template->error();

for my hash my %add=(
hsh1=>{
  name=>"name1 ",
  type =>"text",
  default=>" ",
  value=>[" "],
  entries=>"M"
},
hsh2=>{
  name=>"name2 ",
  type=>"dropdown",
  req=>"prc",
  default=>" ",
  value=>["value1","value2","value3"],
  entries=>" "
}
);
 for your code 

[% FOREACH element = add.keys %]
  [% IF add.$element.type == "text" %]
    <input type="text" name="[% add.$element.name %]" value="[% add.$e
+lement.default %]">
  [% ELSIF add.$element.type == "dropdown" %]
    <select name="[% add.$element.name %]">
      [% FOREACH option = add.$element.value %]
        <option value="[% option %]">
          [% option %]
        </option>
      [% END %]
    </select>
  [% END %]
  <br> [% # put a line break between the form elements %]
[% END %]

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but i get following error, Content-type: text/html Can't use string ("hsh2") as a HASH ref while "strict refs" in use at /usr/cisco/packages/perl/perl-5.8.6/lib/site_perl/5.8.6/sun4-solaris/Template/Service.pm line 79. i also tried to pass the reference as $template->process($file,\%add) || die $template->error(); but nothing is substituted in the html file.can u help me how to pass my hash to the html file or i need to change the above code.please help me in this regard. Thanks, srins.

In reply to Re^2: how to define html::template for the following hash in perl/cgi by srins
in thread how to define html::template for the following hash in perl/cgi by srins

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