Lost form values with direct calls to param in CGI.pm

[Hans Poo <ha...@integranet.cl>]

I'am migrating some scripts to run under Apache::Registry. The scripts are 
programmed with the typical: use CGI qw/:standard/ ... and then recover the 
parameter values wityh direct call to the function param("somefield"). 

This is happening with the last versions: apache:1.3.22 and mod_perl 1.26

Detail: 

if i do:
use CGI qw/:standard/;

and call the form values with: 

print param("somefield");

The form fields don't appear to exist. 

Instead if i use the object oriented syntax:

my $q = new CGI;

and then

print $q->param("somefield");

everything works fine...

I have been the whole day chasing this ...

The same thing happen with Apache::PerlRun

To finish, the httpd.conf file is:
------------------------------------------------------------
<VirtualHost 64.76.145.88>
ServerName www.polla.cl
DocumentRoot /home/www/html
Alias /cgi-bin /home/www/cgi-bin

PerlModule Apache::Registry

<Location /cgi-bin>
    SetHandler perl-script
    PerlHandler Apache::Registry
    Options ExecCGI
</Location>

</VirtualHost>

Hans Poo