OK, this one is driving me nuts. Here's the deal:

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open (QUERY,'<query.txt');
my $q = new CGI(\*QUERY);
close QUERY;
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open (QUERY, '>query.txt');
$q->save(\*QUERY);
print $q->header();
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The above code does not work. It refuses to save my form parameters in the 'query.txt' file. I'm getting no errors. Now here is the kicker: the below simpler code saves my form's contents just fine: 
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my $q = new CGI;
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open (QUERY, '>query.txt');
$q->save(\*QUERY);
print $q->header();
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Notice that the only difference between the two codes is that the second does not attempt to restore the parameters. Of course, with the above code I can't restore my parameters, either. I've been at this quite a while and my nerves are getting frayed. Any help is appreciated.

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In reply to Saving and storing form params with cgi.pm by nysus

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