According to Strider: > if ($category == "None" && $catetext == "") { > $theReply = <<HT_ML; > Content-type: text/html > > <html><head><title>Clarity Connect Classifieds</title></head><body> > You need to enter information to search for, first.<br>category: > $category<br>text: $catetext</body></html> > HT_ML > > print $theReply; > print "\n"; > exit; > } The problem is - ZERO equals ZERO. In other words - your IF statement should have been: if( $category eq "None" && $catetext eq "" ){ ... } I've done this MAAAAANNNNNNYYYYYYYYY times. :-) ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch