hi folks!
yup, the power of the web, years after the original post!
actually this is a funny thread, i'm gonna send the link to some mates...
this thread helped me too! 
re: pearl script "shebang", i.e. start point:
on unix is /usr/bin/perl
but windows has to have the "C:" pre and ".exe" post...seems to work...
i.e. #!C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe
also on default apache install, to default locations, all you need to do is this...
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
just add the "+ExecCGI" and...
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl
un comment this line and add ".pl", to the end...
cheers!
bill
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captain, i've spotted an M-Class planet!
[This message has been edited by billos (edited April 20, 2006).]