PERL CGI Beginners - browser timeout $CGI::POST

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browser timeout $CGI::POST_MAX

google@taxandfinance.com

2004-12-23, 8:55 pm

Whenever I try setting $CGI::POST_MAX and then test uploading a file
that is larger, the browser tries forever to upload the file. I assume
it will eventually timeout but have yet to wait that long (after 5
minutes, i gave up). Happens with both IE and Mozilla. I comment out
this setting and the file is uploaded in a matter of seconds.

Perl version 5.8
CGI Version 3.05

relevant code:
use CGI qw(:standard);
use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);
$CGI::POST_MAX=1024 * 2000; # max 2000K posts
..
..
..
my $filename = $q->param('filename');
if (!$filename && cgi_error()) {
die "$CGI::POST_MAX exceeded";
}

Any help is appreciated,
Matt

p.s. happy holidays!

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