google search on "speed up perl cgi script" produced some links... i am no perl expert, though. :) ronnie gauthier wrote: > I need some advice on a script I'm developing. > The script is perl from flat file. If the site does well a port to Msql > is in order. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust. / v \ news://news.hkpcug.org /( _ )\ http://www.linux-sxs.org ^ ^