Hi, I have in every script my $user_language = library::language($user, $dbh) ; # is it finnish, english or swedish my %output = library::load_language($user_language) ; # ties %output to a dbm %output holds all the different outputs needed for each language then for my subs which are in a package library I pass a reference library::menu($db, \%output) ; #passes a reference to sub menu %output never gets modified only read. I am using mod_perl. Is this the most efficient way of doing things? I discovered the mistake I had when I turned on use strict in my library package. Before this I didn't pass %output to each sub ... to be honest I really didn't understand how each sub new the values in %output. After turning on use strict I had to pass \%output because %output was empty in the subs. hope this makes sense. Scott ---------------------------------------- Scott Alexander tietoverkkosuunnittelija [EMAIL PROTECTED] gsm: +358 (0)40 7505640
