Thanks to everyone for their ideas. They took care of the problem. Unfortunately, another problem has arisen. Again I would appreciate any insight into the problem. Here is where I am so far:

$ENV{ORACLE_HOME} = '/opt/OraHome9i/6iserver';
$ENV{REPORTS60_PATH} = '$ORACLE_HOME/repordmin/templates:$ORACLE_HOME/
+tools/devd
em60/demo/reports';

if(&ReadParse(\%input)){

 @args= ("/opt/OraHome9i/6iserver/bin/rwcli60", "report=$input{rpt}" ,
+ "userid=rep_user/sinclair\@pmi", "server=rep60_kodiac", "destype=pri
+nter", "desname=$input{desname}", "btch=$input{btch}", "subbtch=0", "
+record=$input{record}");

 &ProcessForm;}
else{ die;}
}
sub ProcessForm {
  $retval = system("@args");
  die "system failed: $?" unless $retval == 0;

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The problem is thus: If I call this script "test2.pl" from the command line and pass it parameters it works fine. EX.test2.pl rpt=report.rdf desname=printername btch=50 record=0
Now if I call it from an html page as a url. EX.http://blah/blah/test2.pl?rpt=report.rdf&desname=printername&btch=50&record=0 it gives me an error and $retval=256. I don't know why it works from the command line and prints the report, but from the html page as url it doesn't. Please help a confused novice.

Prince99

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