in reply to CGI script "malformed header" error

This is a textbook example of why you should use modules like CGI and/or CGI::Application when developing web applications. It's a lot easier to remember print $cgi->header; than to remember what the header actually is.

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Then there are Damian modules.... *sigh* ... that's not about being less-lazy -- that's about being on some really good drugs -- you know, there is no spoon. - flyingmoose

I shouldn't have to say this, but any code, unless otherwise stated, is untested