Ok, perhaps not the most eloquent of methods, but here's what I did (putting my little knowledge of JavaScript to use!)...
sub loadmenu { print <<LOADMENU; <body onLoad="javascript:document.form1.submit()"> <form name=form1 action=menu.cgi method=post> <input type=hidden name=LOGIN_USERNAME value=$LOGIN_USERNAME> <input type=hidden name=USN value=$USN> </form> </body> LOADMENU exit; } So basically, my 1st CGI prints this form to the user's browser and in the same split second the Javascript does an "auto-submit" function so that the user never knows that the form was displayed (it wasn't actually, the fields were all hidden)... Thanks for your input David & Troy... David T-G wrote: > Jim -- > > ...and then Jim Lundeen said... > % > % Hello All, > > Hi! > > % > % I have 2 scripts. One accepts 3 values LOGIN_USERNAME, LOGIN_PASSWORD > % and ACTION from an HTML form. That script looks in a user table in > % MySQL to verify the user. If valid, it passes them to MENU.CGI with > % LOGIN_USERNAME and a unique session number (USN). > > Good enough. > > % > % Here's the question: How to I "post" the LOGIN_USERNAME and USN to the > % MENU.CGI script? I don't want the user "carrying" the info around in > % the "Location" bar as "?USN=1234&LOGIN_USERNAME=somebody" -- I want it > > Right. That would be ugly. > > % to be part of the user's Perl process if you know what I mean, so that > % if they hit RELOAD the values are still with them. Too, I don't want > % someone trying to modify the info if it were in the "Location" bar, so > % it needs to be a part of the "post." > > I can never remember which is POST and which is GET, but just have your > script pass the data over to MENU.CGI (are you on a Win machine, BTW, or > do you ALWAYS SHOUT? ;-) in the environment as that-which-is-not-the-url > method does. > > % > % Any advice would be much appreciated! > > HTH & HAND > > % > % Thanks! > % > % Jim > % > > :-D > -- > David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles > (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie > (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature