I have looked at the two links provided, however, I don't think they apply to my problem....

I think they do, they include everything from apache configuration to perl code, and they work 

$ lwp-request  http://localhost/perl/print404/junk
<html><title>print404 says tough noogies</title>
<body><h1>tough noogies</h1></body></html>

$ lwp-request  http://localhost/perl/print404?junk
<html><title>print404 says tough noogies</title>
<body><h1>tough noogies</h1></body></html>


$ lwp-request  http://localhost/perl/test404?junk
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
<html><head>
<title>404 Not Found</title>
</head><body>
<h1>Not Found</h1>
<p>The requested URL /perl/test404 was not found on this server.</p>
<hr>
<address>Apache/2.0.54 (Win32) mod_ssl/2.0.54 OpenSSL/0.9.7g PHP/4.3.1
+1 mod_perl/2.0.1 Perl/v5.8.9 Server at localhost Port 80</address>
</body></html>


<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
<html><head>
<title>404 Not Found</title>
</head><body>
<h1>Not Found</h1>
<p>The requested URL /perl/test404 was not found on this server.</p>
<hr>
<address>Apache/2.0.54 (Win32) mod_ssl/2.0.54 OpenSSL/0.9.7g PHP/4.3.1
+1 mod_perl/2.0.1 Perl/v5.8.9 Server at localhost Port 80</address>
</body></html>

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In reply to Re^9: Set HTTP Status code by Anonymous Monk
in thread Set HTTP Status code by molybtek

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