Don't understand error messages

chriso has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

When I run a syntax check on my script through PerlEditor Lite I get the following errors:

"F:\perl\web\makequiz.cgi: Can't locate UCSExt.pm in @INC 
(@INC contains: F:\perl\web\ C:/Perl/lib C:/Perl/site/lib .)
at F:\perl\web\makequiz.cgi line 6.
Tue Jul 26 11:03:12 2005 F:\perl\web\makequiz.cgi:
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at F:\perl\web\makequiz.cgi line 6.
Can't locate UCSExt.pm in @INC 
(@INC contains: F:\perl\web\ C:/Perl/lib C:/Perl/site/lib .) 
at F:\perl\web\makequiz.cgi line 6.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at F:\perl\web\makequiz.cgi line 6."

Here is line 6 in my script:

use UCSExt;
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I looked in the perl\lib directory and the UCSExt.pm file is there.

Also, when I execute the script from my browser, I get the following errors. I don't know if they are related or not:

"Error message:
syntax error at sys:/perl/web/makequiz.cgi line 18, near " @options $nds "
Global symbol "$nds" requires explicit package name at
  sys:/perl/web/makequiz.cgi line 18. 
Global symbol "$Ret" requires explicit package name at
  sys:/perl/web/makequiz.cgi line 19. 
Global symbol "$nds" requires explicit package name at
  sys:/perl/web/makequiz.cgi line 24. 
Global symbol "$nds" requires explicit package name at
  sys:/perl/web/makequiz.cgi line 27. 
Global symbol "$nds" requires explicit package name at
  sys:/perl/web/makequiz.cgi line 29."

Here is some of my code:

use CGI qw(:standard);
use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);
use strict;
use UCSExt;

use warnings;

my (
@explain,   @allanswers,     @allquestions,  $fullname,
$anslength, @allselections,  $file,          $fname,
$lname,     $time,           $reviewtime,    $idinput,
$id,        $courselocation, $useripaddress, $questionno,
@log,       $clocktime,      $log,           $type,
$value,     @answers,        $buttonname,    %selections,
@options    $nds             $Ret
);
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Here are the lines of code referred to in the error messages:

line 18,19:
     @options    $nds             $Ret
     );

line 24:
    $nds = UCSExt->new("UCX:NWDir");

line 27:
    $nds->{"FullName"} = "nds:\\\\nsmtree\\nsm";
 
line 29:
    $nds->login ("jane", "password");
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I appologize if this is more than one related problem. I don't know how to trouble shoot this since I've declared the variables and the UCSExt.pm module is where all the other modules are.

Thanks for any help.

Chris

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Re: Don't understand error messages by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jul 26, 2005 at 15:47 UTC
The syntax errors are caused by the missing commas in the `my`. This will also fix the "requires explicit package name" errors. You said UCSExt.pm is in perl\lib. Did you mean c:\perl\lib? If so, you shouldn't be having any problems. It should work if the file is: f:\perl\web\UCSExt.pm, c:\perl\lib\UCSExt.pm or c:\perl\site\lib\UCSExt.pm If it's one of those three, then you must have a permission problem. As an aside, a `my` that big is a sign of poor design. You should probably break things down into smaller functions.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Don't understand error messages by chriso (Sexton) on Jul 26, 2005 at 16:40 UTC
The module is located in F:\perl\lib. I noticed that this path is not listed but then, my cgi.pm module is located in the same directory and I don't get an error for that. `use CGI qw(:standard);` [download] Why the error for this module? I can put it in the f:\perl\web directory, but I thought it would be better to put it with the other modules. Any ideas? Thanks.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Don't understand error messages by kwaping (Priest) on Jul 26, 2005 at 16:47 UTC
See if this line helps: `use lib 'F:\perl\lib';` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Don't understand error messages by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jul 26, 2005 at 16:50 UTC
The module is located in F:\perl\lib Add `use lib 'F:\perl\lib';` somewhere before `use UCSExt`. That will tell Perl to look for it where it currently resides. my cgi.pm module is located in the same directory You must have two CGI.pm, and you're not using the one you think you are using.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Don't understand error messages by Codon (Friar) on Jul 26, 2005 at 17:01 UTC
Are you sure that you are using CGI.pm from F:\perl\lib and not from somewhere else in `@INC`? Try running this simple script: `use CGI.pm; print "$INC{CGI.pm}\n";` [download] That will tell you were Perl is really getting CGI.pm from. Ivan Heffner Sr. Software Engineer, DAS Lead WhitePages.com, Inc.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Don't understand error messages by Anonymous Monk on Jul 27, 2005 at 13:56 UTC
Re: Don't understand error messages by muntfish (Chaplain) on Jul 26, 2005 at 15:46 UTC
I think these are two separate problems. I'm not sure what's preventing it finding the the UCSExt.pm module since you say it is in your perl path. From your code snippets it seems like you have a syntax error on line 18: `@options $nds $Ret` [download] should be `@options, $nds, $Ret` [download] The subsequent "Global symbol requires explicit package name" errors are a follow-on from this. If you fix line 18 the rest will go. s^^unp(;75N=&9I<V@`ack(u,^;s\|$.+\`\|"$`$'\"$&\"$"\|ee;/m.+h/&&print$&	[reply] [d/l] [select]