RE: [OT] Barcode scanner & CGI

2002-09-24 Thread Bob Showalter
> -Original Message- > From: Christopher G Tantalo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 11:56 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [OT] Barcode scanner & CGI > > > Kind of on the same path as the barcode discussion, i had an > idea to write a > catalog for com

[OT] Barcode scanner & CGI

2002-09-24 Thread Christopher G Tantalo
Kind of on the same path as the barcode discussion, i had an idea to write a catalog for comics based on the barcode. My problem was in decoding what the barcode meant. As in what information is encoded in it? I know grocery stores use them for pricing etc., but how do they get that information

RE: Barcode scanner & CGI

2002-09-24 Thread Bob Showalter
> -Original Message- > From: Geraint Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 9:25 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Barcode scanner & CGI > > > Hi, > > I'm trying to get the output from a barcode scanner into my > CGI script. What I > would like to see

Re: Barcode scanner & CGI

2002-09-24 Thread fliptop
On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 at 13:24, Geraint Jones opined: GJ:I'm trying to get the output from a barcode scanner into my CGI script. What I GJ:would like to see is the barcode going straight into a text box in my GJ:browser. I am using Device::SerialPort to read the output which works fine as GJ:a n

RE: What the hell should i do w/mod perl!

2002-09-24 Thread Bob Showalter
> -Original Message- > From: Mailing lists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 11:12 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: What the hell should i do w/mod perl! > > > Dear sirs; > maybe this question is too os-specific to be posted in this > ML, but i have no

What the hell should i do w/mod perl!

2002-09-24 Thread Mailing lists
Dear sirs; maybe this question is too os-specific to be posted in this ML, but i have no further resource left! Anyway, i am trying to install Apache w/mod_perl on a OpenBSD Box 3.1. The matter is that apache works fine, mod_perl *says* it is installed, but if i try to run a CGI it tells me that t

Barcode scanner & CGI

2002-09-24 Thread Geraint Jones
Hi, I'm trying to get the output from a barcode scanner into my CGI script. What I would like to see is the barcode going straight into a text box in my browser. I am using Device::SerialPort to read the output which works fine as a normal Perl script, but I don't know how to allow Perl CGI sc

Re: uninitialised value in pattern match

2002-09-24 Thread Janek Schleicher
Francesco Scaglioni wrote at Tue, 24 Sep 2002 13:40:40 +0200: > I have one problem ( actually I'm sure I have many but haven't > realised it yet ) that I'm stuck on. > >the following line ( and several others like it ) produce the >following error : > >( my $mollusc ) = ( param( 'm

uninitialised value in pattern match

2002-09-24 Thread Francesco Scaglioni
Hello, I have one problem ( actually I'm sure I have many but haven't realised it yet ) that I'm stuck on. the following line ( and several others like it ) produce the following error : ( my $mollusc ) = ( param( 'mollusc ) =~ /^(\w+)$/i ); causes: "Use of inititialized val

Re: Encoding text

2002-09-24 Thread Felix Geerinckx
on Sun, 22 Sep 2002 07:13:28 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Craig) wrote: > Hi, > > I want to encode a string using the translate function. [...] > Your suggestions will be appreciated. http://search.cpan.org/author/MRJC/cvswebedit-v2.0b1/cvs- web/lib/URI/Escape.pm -- felix -- To