Mr. Owens,
I find that the best way to write CGI scripts is to write them and run
them on the command line. Then, when I know that they run without errors, I
put them on my web server.
If you do this, you can also specify...
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
(with the -w on the end) to get more information. This will assure you
that your problem is not in your script, but somewhere else.
Also, are you running a web server on your computer? Your statement,
"...providing the full path to it in the address bar of my browser..." makes
me think you are not. Otherwise you would say something like
"http://localhost/directory/script.pl"; (on a windows box, anyway).
Also, I believe you might find the CGI:Carp module interesting.
"perldoc CGI::Carp"
Stephen Neu
Internet Development
Characterlink.net
(630) 323-9800 ext. 235
"What is so difficult for developers to accept sometimes is that there
already is a standard, and they didn't write it."
--Steve Neu
