Hi Wiggins d'Anconia, you wrote :
Dale wrote:
[snip]
I think a bit of background is needed. I work for the helpdesk of an
ISP. The space I've got is a staff account which mirrors the service
the residential customers receive. It's got a cgi-bin (of course,
otherwise there wouldn't be any point in my script *grin*) but they've
deliberately kept out the likes of MySQL because it is a residential
account. So I'll not be able to get additional modules installed and
mores the pity.
If you have a cgi-bin then I assume you can upload files? If you can
upload more than a single file then you can install any module that does
not include a compiled component. If you have shell access and the
proper libraries are installed (which theoretically you can do yourself
if you must) then you can install virtually anything, up to the disk
quota (if you have one).
This is where it seems the US and UK split. In the UK, shell access in
residential accounts is very *very* rare. This is more because the ISPs
keep a residential account as just that. :(
Simply install it all into the cgi-bin. Though
I will say if they have some (silly) policy about installing them don't
get in trouble just because you can do it. Though policy decisions
seldom take precedence over the bottom line, and this will save you time
developing your app.
I've got a few domains elsewhere so, if necessary, if it's going to be
easier to use DBD::SQLite then I'll probably move it to one of them...
though it means watching the bandwidth.
Though I will say if my boss asked me to write such an app at such a
company and couldn't give me the proper tools to do it with I would
definitely question his judgement (not that you haven't) and the
company's standing.
I wish I could blame my boss, however she didn't ask me to write it. I
originally had written an Access database to perform the same function
but we moved floors and not all the Agent's PCs have Access on them now.
:( So, I thought I would challenge myself (because the job isn't
challenging *grin*) and do it in a web based form.
Good luck,
Cheers! :)
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Dale
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