Well, you've omitted the form (and left us guessing at exactly what is going on, since you don't mention _how_ it isn't working. But for a wild guess I'd say you didn't set the 'enctype' of the form correctly, if you are using CGI.pm to build your form make sure you are using start_multipart_form() and not start_form(), if you are writing your own form tags, make sure your form tag includes enctype="multipart/form-data" and consider reading the file upload portions of the CGI.pm documentation...