Ooooor as an alternative to CGI.pm, you could use cgi-lib.pl (which is what I have used since the time when the dinosaurs roamed the earth), if you only what to parse your query data.

A safe example would be: 
eval {
    require 'cgi-lib.pl';
};

if ($@) {
    print qq{Content-type: text/plain\n\n};
    print qq{
I've goofed trying to find cgi-lib.pl!
$@
    };
}

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At least that way you keep the script from outputting the ugly 500's back at ya (which, by the way, can also be acomplished by use CGI::Carp (fatalsToBrowser); if ya didn't have the problem in the 1st place).

There's more than 1 way to do it!

In reply to Re: How do I use a module? by BBQ
in thread How do I use a module? by Anonymous Monk

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