Thanks for the reply. Making it an array (@) still doesnt make a difference :( Yeh when I was reading a perl tutorial they mentioned that all variables must be declared with a "my" infront of them, but then reading the select() tutorial, some variables used my, some didnt so that confused me, I just copied the code. Any more suggestions? **EDIT** Yes, i am learning network programming, but il take a look at net::server thanks