Dr. Claus-Peter Becke wrote: : although for example the values of &databaserequest_noun : and $Q::lexicalentry both are 'Italy' i get the resulting : message "the entry isn't part of the database". what's : going wrong?
databaserequest_noun($col, $table, $case) and $Q::lexicalentry are not both equal to 'Italy'. use CGI; my $q = CGI->new(); if ( 'Italy' eq 'Italy' ) { print $q->p("the entry is part of the database"); } else { print $q->p("the entry isn't part of the database"); } HTH, Charles K. Clarkson -- Mobile Homes Specialist Free Market Advocate Web Programmer 254 968-8328 Don't tread on my bandwidth. Trim your posts. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>