RE: Error opening file? - Solved!

2001-04-26 Thread Billy Joedono
Hi, Thanks to all who commented. They are all correct. John Joseph's suggestion to use #!/usr/bin/per; -w would work too. But Jason's suggestion below pointed me to the solution. When the command perl test.pl work, right there I realize file format might be suspect. I pulled out my HEX editor

RE: CPAN Question

2001-04-26 Thread King, Jason
Phillip Bruce writes .. > Sometime back some one gave me the path to a config file in > which told cpan where and what compilers that my systems uses. > Does anyone have any ideas to this. /path/to/perl/lib/Config.pm -- jason king A Canadian law states that citizens may not publicly

CPAN Question

2001-04-26 Thread Phillip Bruce
Hi, Sometime back some one gave me the path to a config file in which told cpan where and what compilers that my systems uses. Does anyone have any ideas to this. I get this error: /usr/ucb/cc: language optional software package not installed That is because I'm not using cc but gc

Resolved!: What is a "case shell"?

2001-04-26 Thread Dennis Fox
Well I had the job interview, and it would seem that "CASE tool" is the answer to my query. The company is migrating from a WinNT environment to a UNIX environment and using Teamsite by Interwoven as the process control environment-- that would be the CASE tool. Thanks for all your suggestions;

RE: Error opening file?

2001-04-26 Thread King, Jason
Billy Joedono writes .. >Below is a piece of code central to my problem. I've used this a lot >of time without problem, but on this occasion, it fails me. Whenever I >run the script, it ends with the error "bash: ./test.pl: No such file >or directory". The funny thing is, if I activate the debug

Re: Error opening file?

2001-04-26 Thread John Joseph Trammell
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 09:44:42AM +0700, Billy Joedono wrote: > Hi all, > > Below is a piece of code central to my problem. [snip] > #!/usr/bin/perl That should read "#!/usr/bin/perl -w" Just after that should be a line with "use strict;". Best of luck, J -- Rule #0: Spam is theft.

Error opening file?

2001-04-26 Thread Billy Joedono
Hi all, Below is a piece of code central to my problem. I've used this a lot of time without problem, but on this occasion, it fails me. Whenever I run the script, it ends with the error "bash: ./test.pl: No such file or directory". The funny thing is, if I activate the debug option (use #!/u

RE: Error: Runtime Exception

2001-04-26 Thread King, Jason
Susan Arante writes .. >I'm getting the above error when my perl script runs a batch >(master.bat) that in turn runs a batch (slave.bat) that runs another >perl script. The process kicks me out sounds peculiar .. but I don't think it has anything to do with your Perl5/Perl6 dance .. see comments

RE: What ever happened to the Win32/Adminmisc module?

2001-04-26 Thread King, Jason
Bryant C. Vernon writes .. >I created an Adduser command for Windows NT that forced user to change >their password on their first login. Having recently updated my PERL >binaries, I have noticed that this module is no longer available for >download via ppm. Furthermore, I don't know of any othe

RE: Problem with Forms

2001-04-26 Thread King, Jason
Shawn Caldwell writes .. >I am having a problem with a script I'm writing for a search button. >it works just fine except when I'm searching for a part number with a >letter in it. I am searching through a comma delimited database. If >I have A35CH5 and A22F4, and I search for A22F4, my script wi

Error: Runtime Exception

2001-04-26 Thread Arante, Susan
This used to be working but after my very adventurous fiasco (deleting perl5, installing perl6, deleting perl6, installing perl5 - yes i deleted not uninstalled), it's not working anymore. I'm running perl5 on NT. I'm getting the above error when my perl script runs a batch (master.bat) that in

Re: installing Term::ReadKey module on Windows

2001-04-26 Thread SunDog
Hi Janet, if you need to install this thing via a compile with c on a windows machine, gcc is the wrong appliance. visit www.borland.com and download the bcc32 compiler for FREE. it does both C and C++ non-gui style. Lots of help with it too. regards SunDog At 11:06 PM 4/24/01

RE: What is a "case shell"?

2001-04-26 Thread SunDog
Hi Dennis, the case construct is too obvious ... more than likely they have some Computer Assisted System Engineering i.e. C.A.S.E. too in mind that needs to have PERL integrate with some objects / domains / etc ... That's my guess.. regards SunDog At 05:37 PM 4/24/01 -0600,

Re: [BPQ] help!! any idea whats wrong with this??

2001-04-26 Thread Paul
--- Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Bill Lawry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Pretty cool but when used on a file it breaks hyphenated words into > > their components and counts them separately: > > > > 17 occurrences of 'Acct' > > 3 occurrences of 'Authentic' > > etc > > > > instead o

Re: [BPQ] help!! any idea whats wrong with this??

2001-04-26 Thread Paul
--- Bill Lawry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pretty cool but when used on a file it breaks hyphenated words into > their components and counts them separately: > > 17 occurrences of 'Acct' > 3 occurrences of 'Authentic' > etc > > instead of: > > 3 occurrences of Acct-Authentic > 3 occurrences o

Re: How to create a log file from a perl script

2001-04-26 Thread Paul
--- Peter Lemus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I need to create a log from a perl script that > generates a lot of errors and successful completion > messages. Please give me some tips on how I can > accomplish this. > > thanks, Are you just using warn()? You can actually open STD

Displaying blobs on a website

2001-04-26 Thread bob hwan
Could anyone please send me any code which will allow me to display Blobs (Binary Large Objects)from a Sql database, on my web page using perl! it would me most helpfull. Bob Hwan. Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at

Re: Displaying blobs on a website

2001-04-26 Thread Andy Sharp
If you're talking about using a database (such as mysql) to store images for later display/perusal on a web page, I believe I can offer a bit of aid. First - it's a bad idea. Databases add a number of layers of overhead for the access of BLOB data as opposed to the filesystem of whatever OS you'

Re: [OT]Re: What is a "case shell"?

2001-04-26 Thread Bill Lawry
This is a simple but redundant term for the (usually) brass part that holds the bullet, primer and powder in proper configuration ... ;-) - Original Message - From: "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Greg Meckes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 10:47

Re: [BPQ] help!! any idea whats wrong with this??

2001-04-26 Thread Bill Lawry
Pretty cool but when used on a file it breaks hyphenated words into their components and counts them separately: 17 occurrences of 'Acct' 3 occurrences of 'Authentic' etc instead of: 3 occurrences of Acct-Authentic 3 occurrences of Acct-Delay-Time 1 occurrences of Acct-Input-Octets 1 occurrence

find2perl; File::Find attempt

2001-04-26 Thread McCormick, Rob E
gang, If I'm tackling too much for a beginner, I realize you're not in the business of doing someone else's work. Here goes: I'm attempting to use find2perl using Binary build 522 provided by ActiveState Tool Corp. http://www.ActiveState.com Built 09:52:28 Nov 2 1999 problem/task: # print th

Re: How to create a log file from a perl script

2001-04-26 Thread M.W. Koskamp
- Original Message - From: Kevin Meltzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Peter Lemus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 10:07 PM Subject: Re: How to create a log file from a perl script > Hi Peter, > > Look at the perlopentut man page: > > perldoc perlope

Re: How to create a log file from a perl script

2001-04-26 Thread Kevin Meltzer
Hi Peter, Look at the perlopentut man page: perldoc perlopentut That will show you how to open a file(s). Then, you can just write to them. If I want all my 'print' statements in a script to print to a specific file, I generally do something like: sub DEBUG () { 1 }; # Or some level of debugne

How to create a log file from a perl script

2001-04-26 Thread Peter Lemus
Hi All, I need to create a log from a perl script that generates a lot of errors and successful completion messages. Please give me some tips on how I can accomplish this. thanks, = Peter Lemus Computer Networks Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] My Dad always tought me; when you do good; expe

How to create a log file from a perl script

2001-04-26 Thread Peter Lemus
Hi, Guys, I'm running a perl script that generates lots of error messages and successful completion messages. Please give me some tips on how can I put all this data to a log file. thanks, = Peter Lemus Computer Networks Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] My Dad always tought me; when you do good;

What ever happened to the Win32/Adminmisc module?

2001-04-26 Thread Bryant C. Vernon
Hi All, I created an Adduser command for Windows NT that forced user to change their password on their first login. Having recently updated my PERL binaries, I have noticed that this module is no longer available for download via ppm. Furthermore, I don't know of any other way to force users to

Re: Problem Binding Variables : DBI

2001-04-26 Thread Dan Brown
Ahh, yes, that would make a difference. I didn't notice that when running my tests for my previous reply. Good eye, Gary. One thing to note is that Oracle allows you to get cursors back. In those cases, I don't think putting the vars in the execute is going to work as additional arguments are

Re: Problem Binding Variables : DBI

2001-04-26 Thread Dan Brown
That should work (at least it did on my system). What kind of error are you getting? Without this we on the list can give you only very vague ideas of what might be going on. One thing I found is that I need to give the full table name (e.g., myschema.mytable). Another was that I added a "BEGI

Re: Problem with Forms

2001-04-26 Thread Greg Meckes
I would try altering your loop and rewrite it like so: #!/usr/bin/perl require("cgi-lib.pl"); print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; $header = "/usr/home/m/ma/mayline/mayline.com/testnav.html"; unless(open(DAT, "../pricelist.db")) { die, "Cannot Open File: pricelist.db" }; @data = ; close(DAT); pr

Re: Problem Binding Variables : DBI

2001-04-26 Thread Gary Stainburn
Hi Mark, I assume the '(1' in the second and third binds are simply typos. why don't you do away with the binds, and simply call $sth2->execute($var1,$var2,$var3,$var4); it should so the same job. Gary On Thursday 26 April 2001 6:03 pm, Mark Martin wrote: > I'm really not sure what I'm doing

Problem Binding Variables : DBI

2001-04-26 Thread Mark Martin
I'm really not sure what I'm doing here. Are my bindings in the wrong place(in the real program they are inside an IF) or do I need explicit bindings like this at all? Cheers use DBI; use DBD::Oracle; $dbh1 = DBI->connect( "dbi:Oracle:", "

Re: Parsing with Perl

2001-04-26 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 10:05:16AM -0400, Casey West wrote: > On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 04:47:58PM +0200, Alexandre Safinia wrote: > : > : Hi there, > : does anybody know if there is an alternative for Lex & Yacc > : in Perl ? > > Go to the CPAN and take a look at Parse::RecDecent. It is a fa

Parsing with Perl

2001-04-26 Thread Alexandre Safinia
Hi there, does anybody know if there is an alternative for Lex & Yacc in Perl ? I have forgotten how to write C code and would like to avoid restarting with C and starting from scratch with Lex & Yacc. If you know about Verilog or VHDL language grammars or books about this kind of p

Re: Parsing with Perl

2001-04-26 Thread Casey West
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 04:47:58PM +0200, Alexandre Safinia wrote: : : Hi there, : does anybody know if there is an alternative for Lex & Yacc : in Perl ? Go to the CPAN and take a look at Parse::RecDecent. It is a fantastic decent parser with a similar syntax to Yacc. http://search.cpan.o

Perl Advocacy email list

2001-04-26 Thread blowther
What's the email address for the perl advocacy email distro? Bruce W. Lowther Micron Technology, Inc. Boise, Idaho

Re: don't understand error message on print line

2001-04-26 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 02:49:41PM +0100, Gary Stainburn wrote: > If I remove the line, the error goes away so it is definitely > complaining about the print statement, but it looks perfectly fine to > me. Well there's nothing wrong with the print statement as such, it's just that the value yo

Problem with Forms

2001-04-26 Thread Shawn Caldwell
I am having a problem with a script I'm writing for a search button. it works just fine except when I'm searching for a part number with a letter in it. I am searching through a comma delimited database. If I have A35CH5 and A22F4, and I search for A22F4, my script will read through my dbase and s

Re: how to execute a windows 2000 command with perl

2001-04-26 Thread Johnathan Kupferer
Probably the easiest way to do this is if the machine that will be running the command is a web server. You can just set up the script you want to run as a cgi and have the calling script call the cgi via http. Now, this is assuming alot, like security is not an issue and your web server has

Re: Perl Advocacy email list

2001-04-26 Thread Kevin Meltzer
You can see a list of lists, and get their info from http://lists.perl.org Cheers, Kevin On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 08:24:51AM -0600, blowther ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spew-ed forth: > What's the email address for the perl advocacy email distro? > > > Bruce W. Lowther > Micron Technology, Inc. > Boise

don't understand error message on print line

2001-04-26 Thread Gary Stainburn
Hi all, Using the following code:- 63 foreach (@fieldmap) { 64 my ($dbfield,$field)=(split(/:/))[0,$fieldno]; 65 print "dbfield='$dbfield' field='$field'\n"; 66 &addtext($dbfield,$fields{$field}) if ( $field ne '' && \ $fields{$field}); 67 } with the following data:- $

Re: don't understand error message on print line

2001-04-26 Thread Kevin Meltzer
Hi Gary, What are you expecting to print? I am assuming you want: dbfield='pickno' field='PICKNO' If so, you can a) make $fieldno=1, or remove that array slice off so you have: my ($dbfield,$field)=(split(/:/))[0,$fieldno]; But, since the piece of the split you are looking for doesn't have a

Re: don't understand error message on print line

2001-04-26 Thread John Joseph Trammell
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 02:49:41PM +0100, Gary Stainburn wrote: > Hi all, > > Using the following code:- > > 63 foreach (@fieldmap) { > 64 my ($dbfield,$field)=(split(/:/))[0,$fieldno]; > 65 print "dbfield='$dbfield' field='$field'\n"; > 66 &addtext($dbfield,$fields{$field}) if ( $field n