Thanks, Jesse. Since the app is on my host (pair.com), I can't upgrade it
myself. They will probably upgrade if there's a compelling reason to do so.
Is there? If so, what. Also, if they won't upgrade, what other pitfalls
should I look out for in the version they're using?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jesse Erlbaum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 8:00 PM
Subject: RE: [cgiapp] weird error
> Hi Joel --
>
> > > Hey all. I'm starting out with CGI::Application, and I've got a littl
> > > script that runs fine on one server, but on another server, it gives
> > > me this error message.
> > >
> > > [Sun Oct 28 17:29:23 2001] cc.cgi: Can't use string ("start") as a
> > > subroutine ref while "strict refs" in use at
> > > /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/CGI/Application.pm line 90.
> > >
> > OK. I did some reading, and found that I need to replace my subroutine
> > names with references, so instead of
> > 'start' => 'start', I had to use 'start' => \&start, though I'm not
> > sure why.
>
>
> You need to upgrade to the latest version of CGI::Application. Versions
> prior to 1.3 only allowed subroutine references to be used -- not the
names
> of functions. If you upgrade to the latest version, your code should work
> properly.
>
> -Jesse-
>
>
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