Hi Mark
> Is it possible for you to use 5.8.10 since the odd numbered > minor revs of perl are development versions that are likely > to cause problems? HTH --mark-- Perl 5.8.9 is labelled as a maintenance release, and according to the 5.8.9 perldelta: Notice The 5.8.9 release will be the last significant release of the 5.8.x series. Any future releases of 5.8.x will likely only be to deal with security issues, and platform build failures. Hence you should look to migrating to 5.10.x, if you have not started already. See "Known Problems" for more information. If you were referring to 5.10*, I can't use that version because of certain bugs that haven't been fixed - they keep throwing errors in my app. ta clint