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Hello, tultalk. It's good to see you recognize that posting the whole hot mess of code was only going to add confusion. It's also good to see that you've realized that not posting actual code, data and results also confuses the issue.

There is an additional hidden advantage to providing the oft-requested Short, Self-Contained, Correct Example:

It forces you to restructure the problem. This often causes the mistake to reveal itself to you, as you suddenly toss out a handful of assumptions made whilst writing the original code.

It's not only helpful in getting good answers from Perlmonks. It's also helpful in not needing to even ask for help.

In reply to Re^3: .cgi?action params by marinersk
in thread .cgi?action params by tultalk

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