David, Sweet, thank you for the information. Where can I find those Docs? I looked on perldoc.com and was unsuccessful. Thanks again!
Brady Brady Fausett wrote: > David, > > Ok here is a step by step of what I am trying to do. > > 1- User goes to a web page that has a file upload system on it. > > 2- User uploads file from their computer to the server via the web page > (already built) > > 3- After file is uploaded another web page is automatically loaded > (already built) that executes my perl script. > > 4- When the perl script is executed nothing changes on the web page. > However the script parses the file/s and, checks for errors, and enters > the data extracted from the files into a database. > > I hope that makes sense. The perl script/program I wrote contains the > following: > > 1- File.pm (module to parse files, (3 different kind at this time) > > 2- Database.pm (module to connect to any database, check for db errors > etc...and push data into database) > > 3- Error.pm (module to print out specific errors and warnings, and test > certain functions in perl script) > > 4- script.pl (not the actual name) (script written to call methods from > the modules...this is the one that needs executing) > > I hope this information helps. Again, thanks for your time and help! > > Brady i see that you are very organize. most beginners will probably just throw evrything into a big script but you actually have all of your logic and pieces modulize for reuseability. that's great! yes, you can execute something in the background while your CGI script continue to serve other request. instead of giving you exact code, i will refer you to read the following: perldoc -f system perldoc -f exec perldoc -f fork hope that help! david
