David using perlscript activestate 5.6 on one box and 5.8 on my test box, I pasted my errors. Tried data dumper but I am not sure I did it correctly. I just put use data::dumper; in my file, I tried the object tag too like their example in the readme neither seemed to change anything.

Global symbol "$Request" requires explicit package name at (eval 2) li
+ne 35. Global symbol "$Session" requires explicit package name at (ev
+al 2) line 37. Global symbol "$Session" requires explicit package nam
+e at (eval 2) line 51. Global symbol "$Session" requires explicit pac
+kage name at (eval 2) line 53. Global symbol "$Response" requires exp
+licit package name at (eval 2) line 54. Global symbol "$Session" requ
+ires explicit package name at (eval 2) line 54. Global symbol "$Sessi
+on" requires explicit package name at (eval 2) line 56. Global symbol
+ "$Request" requires explicit package name at (eval 2) line 56. Globa
+l symbol "$Session" requires explicit package name at (eval 2) line 5
+8. Global symbol "$Session" requires explicit package name at (eval 2
+) line 59. Global symbol "$Session" requires explicit package name at
+ (eval 2) line 60. Global symbol "$Session" requires explicit package
+ name at (eval 2) line 62. Global symbol "$Session" requires explicit
+ package name at (eval 2) line 62. Global symbol "$Session" requires 
+explicit package name at (eval 2) line 62. Global symbol "$Request" r
+equires explicit package name at (eval 2) line 64. Global symbol "$Re
+quest" requires explicit package name at (eval 2) line 64. Global sym
+bol "$Session" requires explicit package name at (eval 2) line 68. Gl
+obal symbol "$Session" requires explicit package name at (eval 2) lin
+e 68. Global symbol "$Session" requires explicit package name at (eva
+l 2) line 68. (in cleanup) BEGIN not safe after errors--compilation a
+borted
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on my 5.6.1 box I get the same.

PerlScript Error error '80004005' 

Global symbol "$Request" requires explicit package name at (eval 2) li
+ne 34. Global symbol "$Session" requires explicit package name at (ev
+al 2) line 36. Global symbol "$Session" requires explicit package nam
+e at (eval 2) line 50. Global symbol "$Session" requires explicit pac
+kage name at (eval 2) line 52. Global symbol "$Response" requires exp
+licit package name at (eval 2) line 53. Global symbol "$Session" requ
+ires explicit package name at (eval 2) line 53. Global symbol "$Sessi
+on" requires explicit package name at (eval 2) line 55. Global symbol
+ "$Request" requires explicit package name at (eval 2) line 55. Globa
+l symbol "$Session" requires explicit package name at (eval 2) line 5
+7. Global symbol "$Session" requires explicit package name at (eval 2
+) line 58. Global symbol "$Session" requires explicit package name at
+ (eval 2) line 59. Global symbol "$Session" requires explicit package
+ name at (eval 2) line 61. Global symbol "$Session" requires explicit
+ package name at (eval 2) line 61. Global symbol "$Session" requires 
+explicit package name at (eval 2) line 61. Global symbol "$Request" r
+equires explicit package name at (eval 2) line 63. Global symbol "$Re
+quest" requires explicit package name at (eval 2) line 63. Global sym
+bol "$Session" requires explicit package name at (eval 2) line 67. Gl
+obal symbol "$Session" requires explicit package name at (eval 2) lin
+e 67. Global symbol "$Session" requires explicit package name at (eva
+l 2) line 67. (in cleanup) BEGIN not safe after errors--compilation a
+borted 

/base/base.asp, line 29
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David how seriously bad is it to use no strict "vars"; my existing code makes heavy use of built in variables like $Response, $Session, and $Request. If its really bad practice or not recommended obviously I don't want to do it that way. Thanks.. Monty