If you are getting sent to the US goverment census page, well I don't know why, but that is strange. Although one thing I noticed was the action says:
Shouldn't it be -
??
If it has
http://, doesn't it point to a remote location, not back to yoru server? It's the only thing I can think of, and might explain the bizaare gov page problem. I've never used Sambar, I like Abyss (
http://www.aprelium.com/). It's really easy and great for testing/development stuff. Also has perl support w/ tutorial.
The difference between *.cgi, and *.pl:
I'm not quite sure, don't think it really matters. The only thign that does matter is the way the server views them. The server has to be set up to see *.cgi or *.pl. Hell I think you could call it *.whocares , just long as the server is set to look for that type. I've never worked with a whole lot of perl, but the only other thing that comes to mind is the first line. I always thought the first line of a .pl file was supposed to point to the cgi-bin or where ever the perl interpreter was. is that what your 'use' line does? Sorry, I've never donme it with a *.cgi extension before.
Sorry I can't be of more help. Hope this helped a little though
