any feedback? this was my error, any ideas? "fatals to browser" does not tell much...? compared to my asp/vbScript pages... Software error: couldn't find diagnostic data in /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.0/pods/perldiag.pod /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i686-linux /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.0 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i686-linux /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl . csvtest.pl at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.0/diagnostics.pm line 241, <POD_DIAG> line 549. For help, please send mail to the webmaster (Your Webmaster), giving this error message and the time and date of the error. from this script below... #!/usr/bin/perl -w use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser); #howdy use CGI qw(param); use strict; # option explicit, but better =o) use warnings; use diagnostics -verbose; enable diagnostics; use CGI; use CGI::Carp 'fatalsToBrowser'; print CGI->header, CGI->start_html, "<table border=1>\n"; # you might also want some column headers here. # I don't know the filename, so edit this: open CSV, "csv.csv" or die $!; # inserting from below: while(<CSV>) { # read a line s/^/<TR><TD>/; # start the table row and first cell s{,}{</TD><TD>}g; # seperate fields into cells s{$}</TD></TR>}; # close the last cell and the row print "$_\n"; # I like to add the newline } close CSV; # then end: print "</table>",CGI->end_html; exit; ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "bc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 1:49 PM Subject: Re: flat file (addendum) > > --- Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe instead of just > > > use CGI; > > you should say > > use CGI; > use CGI::Carp 'fatalsToBrowser'; > > That'll help you debug. =o) > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger > http://phonecard.yahoo.com/