Thanks again for your help, bikeNomad. I think I finally figured out what was malfunctioning in Ovid's original code.

I think the thing that confused me most was that $file_handle was acting like both a standard scalar string and a filehandle, since I could print $file_handle and get a readable filename/directory - most of the times if I see a reference, it looks like... a reference.

CGI::Carp definitely helped out... It's much more useful to get error feedback instead of a vague "this didn't work" error! Thanks again for your help!!


In reply to Re: Re: Re: Re: I've got a problem with the file upload code by Agermain
in thread I've got a problem with the file upload code by Agermain

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