[Chas]

I don't quite understand your question, can you rephrase possibly? I do have a question for you though. Is there any reason you're not using the CGI module to grab your query string? It's a standard Perl module and it sure beats reinventing the wheel:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

# Don't import anything by default and use the 
# OOP interface to minimize overhead
use CGI;

# Create your new query CGI object
my $IN = CGI->new;

# Get a value from a formfield or query string parameter
my $value = $IN->param('form_field');

# Do something useful with $value here

Anyhow, if you can be a bit more specific with your question, I can try to help you out with your code.

~Charlie