try this...

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = \"$_The_Name_Your_Checking\"");
if($myrow = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
{
echo("
Name Taken...
...

.tar is a linux compressed file like win's .zip.

To get the most recent php dist for windows go here...
http://us2.php.net/get/php-4.3.7-Win32.zip/from/a/mirror/

That is the binaries w/o the...

What i like to do with form submissions...

First off, you never want to put your SQL login info directly in your script instead make a file like db.cnnt.php
Inside, write something like this...
...

Use MySQL
:twisted:

mysqldump Databasename –p > FileToSendDatato.SQL

First find out where the perl executable is, most likely /usr/bin/perl
My guess is that the cgi script is calling for /usr/local/bin/perl so
Open your ikonboard.cgi with Kwrite or w/e you like...