If this is a CGI script, you really need to print a header:

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

You can also do this with CGI.pm:

use CGI;
my $use_me_im_better = new CGI;
print $use_me_im_better->header;
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And while you're in there, you should also do

use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);

This will print the error messages on the screen.

Sarah
If Bill Gates can name a company after his "bedroom" problems, I can have a stupid sig that points it out