Al, I work with a lot of old code that uses the method Marty exmplained. The problem I have had with it is that a few years after the original code was written I find myself rewriting it to use HTML::Templates so that I can include standard headers/footers and take advantage of the other HTML::Template features. As far as using this method over HTML::Template you need to be able to predict future expansion to your code (which may be impossible), and as long as you won't need other features (or don't mind rolling your own) then Marty's is as good as any (and possibly preferable in certain situations).
Rob -----Original Message----- From: Marty Landman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 12:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: cgi in the middle of HTML page At 11:09 AM 2/5/02 -0500, you wrote: >I want to have a web page where a CGI generated table appears in the >midst of a bunch of standard HTML. I already have the table data being >pulled from a database & generating a layout that looks good. however, >I would prefer not to generate the entire page in code if possible. Al, Besides the packages and SSI approaches you can also -- create a template file that has the table location marked, e.g. ###TABLE-DATA### -- have the program read the template file, generate the table output and then output it like so my $tableData = &tableData(); my $page = &getTemplate(); for ($page) {s/###TABLE-DATA###/$tableData/} print &httpHdrs(); print $page; This has the advantages of -- separating the tagging from the code so the designer can still work with the template, and even display the results on a browser w/o the table data -- being easier to implement as a first introduction to learning tools like Mason hth, Marty SIMPL(tm) Content Management & WebSite Creation http://face2interface.com/Home/Demo.shtml Complementary Color Picker http://face2interface.com/WebSafe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
