> Randal
Well I'm not Randal, but I'm going to answer anyway...
> Would the same be possible for generating dynamic
> queries of web pages like amazon.
The points Randal made were:
1. Yahoo has URLs that return CSV files.
These are not web pages though the protocol
is http. The perl in
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Perhaps because there's no CGI involved.
CGI answers forms, runs on the server.
LWP retrieves pages, runs on the client.
--
Peter Scott
Pacific Systems Design Techno
> [how to do it in ten seconds]
Randal just wants to take all the fun (and work)
out of creating solutions.
> Microsoft Excel has the ability to import data via a web query. If I
create
> a query and run it on the following URL, a table with stock price
> information will be displayed on an Excel worksheet.
> http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=%5EIXIC+%5EDJI+RHAT++&d=v1
> Now to the Perl/CGI question. What t
> "Craig" == Craig Westerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Craig> I posted the following on the
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Craig> of getting a clue where to start. Thanks in advance.
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