I've used two CGI books with some success: _HTML & CGI Unleashed_ (by December & Ginsburg, Samsnet, ISBN 0-672-30745-6), though some of it is dated. _CGI Progamming on the World Wide Web_ (by Gundavaram, O'Reilly, ISBN 1-56592-168-2), which covers some material not in the former, and is probably a better CGI book. JLC