Understanding that $usernick is properly set to their screenname, I'm trying to get a 2 dimensional array through @conn and $usernick w/ no strict "refs";
That's problem #1. Turn strict back on. You're dealing with references here.
Perl doesn't have two-dimensional arrays. You may have arrays of array references that are effectively 2-dimensional arrays, but they're not.
Whenever you're dealing with structures of structures, use Data::Dumper to look at the format of your data.
In your case, try this: use Data::Dumper; print Dumper( @conn ); And then report back with what it shows. We'll get this licked. xoa -- Andy Lester => andy@petdance.com => www.petdance.com => AIM:petdance