>a) Having a minimized Web browser window, that would periodically poll the >Server side Perl Script, which would call the database to see if such an >event occured and then return the feedback.
This could be done with a simplistic Meta Refresh - if you're script is located at server.com/script.pl, then you could set up a blank meta refresh page to simply call that script every X minutes. >I need to know if there are any Perl-compatible technologies that would do >this kind of messaging functionality..say Jabber(???) etc? There are Jabber modules available, check out these: http://www.pipetree.com/jabber/ http://www.pipetree.com/jabber/fwj.html Also, the "Applied Perl" book has a chapter on integrating with Jabber. -- Morbus Iff ( softcore vulcan porn rulezzzzz ) http://www.disobey.com/ && http://www.gamegrene.com/ please me: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/wishlist/25USVJDH68554 icq: 2927491 / aim: akaMorbus / yahoo: morbus_iff / jabber.org: morbus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
