Can you include a dump of the Data Structure in quesiton and possibly a bigger snippet of what you're trying to do?
Jeff ============================================================================ SIDE NOTE... When things get crazy in your data structures its a good idea to take a peak and see what's actually happening. use Data::Dumper; $Data::Dumper::Indent = 1; # Your code here print STDERR "DUMP of o_traffic_rec:\n" . Dumper(\%o_traffic_rec) . "\n"; Just tail the apache log and see what that hash looks like. Hope this helps. Here is an example: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCRIPT: #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Data::Dumper; $Data::Dumper::Indent = 1; $Data::Dumper::Terse = 1; my %o_traffic_rec = ( name => "jeff" ); print STDERR "DUMP of o_traffic_rec:\n" . Dumper(\%o_traffic_rec) . "\n"; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- OUTPUT: DUMP of o_traffic_rec: { 'name' => 'jeff' } ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- __ () __ __ __ __ | o)--(_ | o) =| =| Jeff Bisbee |__)__|__)__)__|__| [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]