Using this: param('last_message_num', $message_num); print hidden(-name => 'last_message_num');
will work too, but for some reason it still worked for me on another script I was writing when I did print hidden(-name => "name", -default => "value", -override => "1"); ==================== Brian Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Bob Showalter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 3:41 PM To: 'David Gilden'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: CGI.pm hidden field problem > -----Original Message----- > From: David Gilden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 12:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: CGI.pm hidden field problem > > > Hello, > > I am taking a stab at a SQL driven guest-book, > the problem is with getting the <hidden> field to take the > value of $message_num, (see the end of this script) > I can see it in the <!-- print statement --> ok, > but not in the hidden field (I have tried with override and > with out -- not sure what this is for!) > > ... > > print "<!-- $message_num -->\n"; > print hidden( > -name => last_message_num, > -value => $message_num, > # -override=> 1 > ); Try this: param('last_message_num', $message_num); print hidden(-name => 'last_message_num'); -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]