i'm an old asp/vbscript dude, i do not know how to "...make sure the file is
open" either? any real quick explanation you can give me to get the file
open in perlScript/CGI? to match what you said below?
> --- bc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > how, in perl/cgi, or, what is a popular way of connecting to, and
> > displaying, a csv file's contents to a browser, in table form?
>
> Er.
>
> Okay, um....
> CSV as in Comma Seperated Values?
> ...start the page, print the table headers, make sure the file is open,
> then
>
> while(<CSV>) { # read a line
> s/^/<TR><TD>/; # start the table row and first cell
> s{,}{</TD><TD>}g; # seperate fields into cells
> s{$}</TD></TR>}; # close the last cell and the row
> print "$_\n"; # I like to add the newline
> }
>
> then print the table closing lines, etc.
>
> That's kinda clumsy, but doesn't require anything too fancy.
> You could also do a split/join if you prefer, but you'd still have to
> handle the start and end of each line.
>
>
>
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