Thanks Masem. I should have thought of that. I have no idea where my head was.

Update: CGI.pm allows you get at all parameters through the  Vars() subroutine.
Used as:  %params = Vars();
Unfortunatly there is no equivalent in Apache::Request. I think its usefullness warants an addidtion to Apache::Request however I lack the knowlege to be meddling with xs. I'd love to know more about it. I know there is a section on it in the man page for perl.

BMaximus