Chris, Thanks for your feedback; I appreciate the help. I tried your suggestion and it works. Keith > >You can reduce overhead by asking for only the parts you need from CGI.pm. >For example, you could get away with this for this particular script: > > use CGI qw(param); > >and ONLY "param" would be processed and imported into your namespace. For >THIS script, that would work. I have a redirect script which uses only >three parts of CGI.pm: > > use CGI qw(param redirect header); > ___________________________________________________________________ "Providing Interactive Solutions for Business and Education" Keith D. Fetterman Phone: (206) 842-7164 Good Northwest Corporation FAX: (206) 842-7291 321 High School Rd. N.E.; Suite 325 e-mail: kdf@gnw.com Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 http://www.gnw.com/