i have a cgi program which works fine standalone and from a browser, by adding the line require 'postgres' it continues to function from the command line, but browser gives 'doccument contains no data' error... the postgress module is installed and works find on the machine. the web server (netforge) is running as me so the user is the same in both cases, i have printed out the value of $: in both command line and browser and they are the same, $SAFE is 0 is both cases... i am mistified!! i am not DOING anything with the module, only requiring it! any help appreciated. -ara