I found out where the problem is. I'm combining the symbol with a date generated. The file is supposed to be a stock symbol chart I have stored on my local drive. So I'm using the following code to see if it exists or not: 
my $extx = ".jpg";
my $fx = "2006-01-05";
if( -f "D:/stock_charts/$symbol$fx$extx" ) {
    $filename = $fx;
    $com_hash{'num'} = "$filename";
    last;
              }
#so the filename should look like "AIDO.OB2006-01-05.jpg"

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I think it has something to do with the proper tainting also. I'm going to try turning taint mode off to see if it stops it from timing out.

Thanks

In reply to Re^3: Correct Regex for reading stock symbol? by Anonymous Monk
in thread Correct Regex for reading stock symbol? by Anonymous Monk

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