Re: Book Recommendation: Secure web programming ?

2005-10-08 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Elfyn" == Elfyn McBratney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Elfyn> * Escape [shell] `meta'-characters - `"', `;', '|', etc. - in all user Elfyn> input. This is especially important if you hand-off user-supplied Elfyn> input to an external program (for example, `sendmail'); Even better

Re: Book Recommendation: Secure web programming ?

2005-10-08 Thread Elfyn McBratney
sses), what issues arise in using web hosting vs > having your own server. I used to have a link to a very good (online version) of a web-based security book around, but can no longer find it, so I'll share some pe[a]rls ;) I use when working on perl/CGI web-apps: * If at all possible,

Book Recommendation: Secure web programming ?

2005-10-04 Thread Randy W. Sims
I know perl. I know some basics of web/CGI programming, but haven't done anything where security really matters. Could anyone recommend books or references that discuss real-world web programming, that show the right way to create secure sites? Topics like creating logins, varying levels of acc

Re: CGI Book Advice sought ...

2004-09-17 Thread Bill Stephenson
I'll chime in here Since you asked about CGI I'll discuss that and not mod perl, which, had you asked for info on, I'm sure Chris Devers would have set you away from here. The Learning Perl book is a fine book but I wouldn't recommend it for a beginner specifically wan

Re: CGI Book Advice sought ...

2004-09-16 Thread Chad A Gard
On Sep 15, 2004, at 9:14 PM, Wiggins d'Anconia wrote: I would echo Chris' remarks about mod_perl, and the book not being worth its oats if it shys away from using CGI.pm. Personally I would skip *all* of the CGI books, and get a good book on Perl itself. Learn the language not how

Re: CGI Book Advice sought ...

2004-09-15 Thread Wiggins d'Anconia
hcohen2 wrote: Recently I jumped in to the list and gave a correct answer, but unfortunately not really appropriate answer to the question asked. I took the 'Beginners' adjective for this list too seriously. Hence, to keep myself out of trouble, I think it is time to get another b

Re: CGI Book Advice sought ...

2004-09-15 Thread Chris Devers
ges > towards the end, the reader is ill served ..." That quote appears on the URL I sent :-) > The criticism was that the CGI.pm was not hardly at all and only near > the end of the book. In that case then, the point is fair. > > You may want to look at the _Official

Re: CGI Book Advice sought ...

2004-09-15 Thread hcohen2
URL for that is... ? Here? <http://www.cgi101.com/book/> Yes, that's it. However, there is a reader's review of the first edition that seems to ring true and, moreover, is not complimentary. ...and the URL for that is... ? Here? <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0966

Re: CGI Book Advice sought ...

2004-09-15 Thread Chris Devers
hat is... ? Here? <http://www.cgi101.com/book/> > However, there is a reader's review of the first edition that seems to > ring true and, moreover, is not complimentary. ...and the URL for that is... ? Here? <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0966942604> > That rea

CGI Book Advice sought ...

2004-09-15 Thread hcohen2
Recently I jumped in to the list and gave a correct answer, but unfortunately not really appropriate answer to the question asked. I took the 'Beginners' adjective for this list too seriously. Hence, to keep myself out of trouble, I think it is time to get another book on CGI f

Re: OT: mysql vs. postgresql (was: Re: CGI and mySQL book, any recommendation.)

2004-06-02 Thread Bill Jones
Wondering whether MySQL or Postgres is faster (or better) via CGI (which is the topic of this list) is sort of like wondering whether a JAPH which has less characters is in fact faster that longer equivalent code - all without looking at maintenance, ease of use, and understandability. I know that

Re: CGI and mySQL book, any recommendation.

2004-06-01 Thread Camilo Gonzalez
Randal L. Schwartz wrote: "Wiggins" == Wiggins D'Anconia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Wiggins> Agreed. I have requested this from him before, but didn't get much. I haven't responded because I've been using the net at 40 cents per minute from a satellite link on a ship this past week, a

Re: CGI and mySQL book, any recommendation.

2004-06-01 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Bill" == Bill Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Bill> Even Blackboard, a major CMS / distance learning software developer, Bill> abandoned MySQL in favor of baby Oracle. Bill> ("Baby" Oracle is no better than PostgresSQL IMO. Plus PostgresSQL is Bill> free.) And the .org domain is run on

OT: mysql vs. postgresql (was: Re: CGI and mySQL book, any recommendation.)

2004-06-01 Thread Wiggins d Anconia
> > "Wiggins" == Wiggins D'Anconia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Wiggins> Agreed. I have requested this from him before, but didn't get much. > > I haven't responded because I've been using the net at 40 cents per > minute from a satellite link on a ship this past week, and right now > I'm

Re: CGI and mySQL book, any recommendation.

2004-06-01 Thread Bill Jones
Greetings =) --- "Randal L. Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The only reason to use MySQL these days is ignorance or legacy. > Even Blackboard, a major CMS / distance learning software developer, abandoned MySQL in favor of baby Oracle. ("Baby" Oracle is no better than PostgresSQL IMO. Pl

Re: CGI and mySQL book, any recommendation.

2004-06-01 Thread Octavian Rasnita
ROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 2:52 PM Subject: Re: CGI and mySQL book, any recommendation. > >>>>> "Wiggins" == Wiggins D'Anconia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Wiggins> Agreed. I have requested this from

Re: CGI and mySQL book, any recommendation.

2004-06-01 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Wiggins" == Wiggins D'Anconia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Wiggins> Agreed. I have requested this from him before, but didn't get much. I haven't responded because I've been using the net at 40 cents per minute from a satellite link on a ship this past week, and right now I'm using a 10 cen

Re: CGI and mySQL book, any recommendation.

2004-06-01 Thread Shaun Fryer
> >>By the way... it's consensus amongst experts that MySQL has hit > >>nearly end-of-life. If you're starting a new project, use PostgreSQL > >>instead. A real Database... not a database wannabe. > >>The only reason to use MySQL these days is ignorance or legacy. > > > >I've done a quick search

Re: CGI and mySQL book, any recommendation.

2004-05-31 Thread Wiggins d'Anconia
Paul Archer wrote: Yesterday, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: By the way... it's consensus amongst experts that MySQL has hit nearly end-of-life. If you're starting a new project, use PostgreSQL instead. A real Database... not a database wannabe. The only reason to use MySQL these days is ignorance or

Re: CGI and mySQL book, any recommendation.

2004-05-30 Thread John Halladay
Ditto. "I would appreciate a little evidence in support of these claims so that I can better judge for myself." John Halladay Green Aspen, Inc. Web Development - Server Admin - Hosting - Consulting Be sure to visit us at www.greenaspen.com! Paul Archer wrote: Yesterday, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:

Re: CGI and mySQL book, any recommendation.

2004-05-30 Thread Paul Archer
Yesterday, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > By the way... it's consensus amongst experts that MySQL has hit > nearly end-of-life. If you're starting a new project, use PostgreSQL > instead. A real Database... not a database wannabe. > > The only reason to use MySQL these days is ignorance or legacy.

Re: CGI and mySQL book, any recommendation.

2004-05-30 Thread Camilo Gonzalez
Randal L. Schwartz wrote: "Remko" == Remko Lodder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Remko> I have the book "MySQL and Perl" from Paul Dubois, By the way... it's consensus amongst experts that MySQL has hit nearly end-of-life. If you're starting a

Re: CGI and mySQL book, any recommendation.

2004-05-30 Thread Octavian Rasnita
From: "Randal L. Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Please, never ever post the URL to your website. "Blind leading > Blind" comes to mind. > > -- > Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Well... talking about that saying, I am blind and I have tought other bl

Re: CGI and mySQL book, any recommendation.

2004-05-29 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
>>>>> "Remko" == Remko Lodder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Remko> I have the book "MySQL and Perl" from Paul Dubois, By the way... it's consensus amongst experts that MySQL has hit nearly end-of-life. If you're starting a new project, use

Re: CGI and mySQL book, any recommendation.

2004-05-29 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
act. Thank goodness. :) I'm not a PhD, and I write for people as stated in the preface of each book. I can assure you that "You must have a PhD" has never been a pre-req of any book I've written. Luinrandir> something you need to know about perl that confused me for Lu

Re: CGI and mySQL book, any recommendation.

2004-05-29 Thread John Halladay
I learned Perl by reading 'Learning Perl, 2nd ed.' and found it very easy to read - on top of that 'CGI Programming with Perl' is also a good read. I'd suggest you give O'Reilly a try - I don't buy any other publisher for my Linux/Perl books. John Halladay Green Aspen, Inc. Web Development - Serv

RE: CGI and mySQL book, any recommendation.

2004-05-29 Thread John
, 2004 8:32 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: CGI and mySQL book, any recommendation. > > > >>>>> "Sara" == Sara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Sara> Looking to buy a comprehsive book on CGI and SQL, any > recommendations. > &

Re: CGI and mySQL book, any recommendation.

2004-05-29 Thread Remko Lodder
Hey Sara, Sara wrote: Looking to buy a comprehsive book on CGI and SQL, any recommendations. I have the book "MySQL and Perl" from Paul Dubois, For me that's an excellent book. Only i have the dutch version so i cant give you the ISBN nr of it. Hopethis helps Thanks, Sara. YW

Re: CGI and mySQL book, any recommendation.

2004-05-29 Thread Luinrandir Hernsen
Real information to your answer.. I use these... CGI Programming on the world wide web / O'Reilly CGI by example / Niles & Dwight CGI Programming / Hamilton www.MySQL.com If you are new to perl.. avoid the O'Reilly books... there are, IMHO, written by PhD's for PhD's the "Visual" books ," R

Re: CGI and mySQL book, any recommendation.

2004-05-29 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
>>>>> "Sara" == Sara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Sara> Looking to buy a comprehsive book on CGI and SQL, any recommendations. In the same section where they have books on "apples and oranges". That is... CGI and SQL (SQL or MySQL? You said both) a

CGI and mySQL book, any recommendation.

2004-05-28 Thread Sara
Looking to buy a comprehsive book on CGI and SQL, any recommendations. Thanks, Sara.

Re: CGI Newbie - Need book recommendation

2003-09-28 Thread Shaun Fryer
> I am a complete newbie to CGI and have no programming experience. Do > any of you have a good recommendation on books are resources that will > help me? On the command line... perldoc perldoc Or if you prefer a browser based tutorial, try perldoc.com In particular: http://perldoc.com

CGI Newbie - Need book recommendation

2003-09-27 Thread Ed Yost
Hi all, I am a complete newbie to CGI and have no programming experience. Do any of you have a good recommendation on books are resources that will help me? Thanks, Ed -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Guest Book design / mySql / perl

2003-09-19 Thread Wiggins d'Anconia
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 09:51:20 -0500, David Gilden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am taking over a site that was on a M$ server and redoing the Guest book and form > pages > in PERL. Question I have is the desig

Guest Book design / mySql / perl

2003-09-19 Thread David Gilden
Hello, I am taking over a site that was on a M$ server and redoing the Guest book and form pages in PERL. Question I have is the design of database. I have the following fields: Name varchar(80) Date date email

RE: Good Perl cgi book?

2003-03-19 Thread DiGregorio, Dave
I really like the llama book d -Original Message- From: zentara [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 9:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Good Perl cgi book? On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 17:30:44 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob X) wrote: >What is the best book fo

Re: Good Perl cgi book?

2003-03-19 Thread zentara
On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 17:30:44 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob X) wrote: >What is the best book for a beginner to get started with on Perl and CGI? I would reccomend the Perl CD Bookshelf, 6 books in 1 on cd. It is nice because you can search it for little examples of code when you need it.

Re: Good Perl cgi book?

2003-03-18 Thread Curt2302
I'm currently using the resources at this website. I think it should be useful to you. http://learn.perl.org/library/beginning_perl/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Good Perl cgi book?

2003-03-18 Thread Brett W. McCoy
On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Dennis Stout wrote: > That is the mother of all perl books. It's also more of a reference book than > anything else. Altho if you're that type of learner, it'll be a great read. > It should also sit on the bookshelf of any Perl programmer, regardle

Re: Good Perl cgi book?

2003-03-18 Thread Dennis Stout
> Get the mother of all perl books: > > "Programming Perl" (from O'reilly) > by Larry Wall (perl creator), Tom Christainsen, and Jon Orwant. That is the mother of all perl books. It's also more of a reference book than anything else. Altho if you're that t

Re: Good Perl cgi book?

2003-03-18 Thread Kevin Meltzer
Blatant and shameless self-promotion.. see my sig.. :) On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 05:30:44PM -0500, Bob X ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said something similar to: > What is the best book for a beginner to get started with on Perl and CGI? > > Bob -- [Writing CGI Applications with Perl - http:

Re: Good Perl cgi book?

2003-03-18 Thread WilliamGunther
Elizabeth Castro's Perl and CGI for the WWW: Visual Quickstart Guide. In a message dated 3/18/2003 8:45:04 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > What is the best book for a beginner to get started with on Perl and CGI? >

RE: Good Perl cgi book?

2003-03-18 Thread Peter Kappus
books. (of course, I am a geek, so you may not enjoy it as much as I did) Good luck. -P -Original Message- From: Bob X [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 2:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Good Perl cgi book? What is the best book for a beginner to get started

Re: Good Perl cgi book?

2003-03-18 Thread javamaster
Bob X wrote: What is the best book for a beginner to get started with on Perl and CGI? Bob MY favorite is /Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 24 Hours./ Tim -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Good Perl cgi book?

2003-03-18 Thread Scot Robnett
These all helped me... - Learning Perl - Perl/CGI Cookbook - CGI Programming with Perl - Standard POD documentation - http://www.perldoc.com Scot Robnett inSite Internet Solutions -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mai

Good Perl cgi book?

2003-03-18 Thread Bob X
What is the best book for a beginner to get started with on Perl and CGI? Bob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Perl/CGI mysql book

2002-06-06 Thread Brent Michalski
cc: (bcc: Brent Michalski/STL/MASTERCARD) Subject: Re: Perl/CGI mysql book 06/05/02 04:25 PM

Re: Perl/CGI mysql book

2002-06-05 Thread Gregory Bertz
Oreilly "Programming the Perl DBI" is a good one also "Managing and Using MySQL" also an Oreilly book... Maureen E Fischer wrote: > I am writing my first CGI application and after analysis of the data > structure that is required I determined that a DBM file would n

Re: Perl/CGI mysql book

2002-06-05 Thread charles
code that will make it easy. Charles Maureen E Fischer wrote: > I am writing my first CGI application and after analysis of the data > structure that is required I determined that a DBM file would not be > sufficient. Mysql was suggested to me. Unfortunately I could not find >

RE: Perl/CGI mysql book

2002-06-05 Thread Scot Robnett
Programming the Perl DBI http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perldbi/ SAMS Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes (It's a lie but it's still a helpful book) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672321289/qid=1023301413/sr=1-1/ref= sr_1_1/002-4842183-8613640 -Original Message- Fro

Re: Perl/CGI mysql book

2002-06-05 Thread Kevin Meltzer
Um.. what did the book not cover about this? We used DBI to connect to MySQL in about every chapter. What did the simple example on page 57 not provide for connecting to a DB? Cheers, Kevin On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 11:12:13AM -0700, Maureen E Fischer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said something similar

Re: Perl/CGI mysql book

2002-06-05 Thread Brent Michalski
any future versions of the book. Brent

Re: Perl/CGI mysql book

2002-06-05 Thread Kristofer Hoch
Try O'Reilly's MySql & mSQL. Also use the Online reference at www.mysql.org (documentation, MySQL APIs) Kristofer Original Message Follows From: "Maureen E Fischer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Perl/CGI mysql book Date: We

Perl/CGI mysql book

2002-06-05 Thread Maureen E Fischer
I am writing my first CGI application and after analysis of the data structure that is required I determined that a DBM file would not be sufficient. Mysql was suggested to me. Unfortunately I could not find A book that seemed based on Perl and sql. Everything I found connected Mysql to PHP

Re :Camel Book

2002-03-21 Thread Sunish Kapoor
m: "Randal L. Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Sunish Kapoor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Michael Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 9:03 PM Subject: Re: Re :Camel Book > >>>>> "

Re: Re :Camel Book

2002-03-21 Thread Michael Kelly
On 3/20/02 8:26 PM, Sunish Kapoor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Teddy, > > Want an HTML version of Programming Perl Second version (Free) . > > Sunish > > ;-) No, I do not. And neither does anyone else. Rethink your outlook on piracy. -- Michael -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTE

RE: Re :Camel Book

2002-03-21 Thread Scot Robnett
Believe me, the book is worth much more than the measly $30 or $40 you're going to spend. Let's not try to rip off the people that put so much time and effort into not only producing the book, but the language itself. Unbelievable...Larry certainly deserves a lot more respect than t

Re: Re :Camel Book

2002-03-21 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Sunish" == Sunish Kapoor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Sunish> Want an HTML version of Programming Perl Second version (Free) . I would certainly hope that you are not serious. If you are, you'll be reported to O'Reilly's enforcement division. Pirating is no joke. -- Randal L. Schwartz

Re :Camel Book

2002-03-20 Thread Sunish Kapoor
Hi Teddy, Want an HTML version of Programming Perl Second version (Free) . Sunish ;-) - Original Message - From: "Michael Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 12:39 AM Subject: Re: Camel Book > On 3/20/02

Re: Camel Book

2002-03-20 Thread Michael Kelly
On 3/20/02 4:29 AM, Octavian Rasnita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I heard about that famous Camel Book for Perl but I don't know its real > name. > Please tell me if you know. > Thank you. > Teddy, "Programming Perl", by Larry Wal

Re: Camel Book

2002-03-20 Thread Brett W. McCoy
On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > I heard about that famous Camel Book for Perl but I don't know its real > name. The full name is _Programming Perl_, by Larry Wall, et al. It's an O'Reilly book and can be found in any bookstore that has a comput

RE: Camel Book

2002-03-20 Thread Camilo Gonzalez
The one you seek is called "Programming Perl" and is indeed an O'Reilly book. However, if you're new to programming you may want to consider first reading "Learning Perl" which has a gentler learning curve. -Original Message- From: matt stewart [mailto:[EMA

RE: Camel Book

2002-03-20 Thread matt stewart
i'd imagine it'll be an o'reilly book - all their books have some kind of animal on the front. -Original Message- From: Octavian Rasnita [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 20 March 2002 12:29 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Camel Book Hi all, I heard about that famous Came

Camel Book

2002-03-20 Thread Octavian Rasnita
Hi all, I heard about that famous Camel Book for Perl but I don't know its real name. Please tell me if you know. Thank you. Teddy, My dear email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at

Re: Updatable Guest Book ?

2002-01-04 Thread Michael Kelly
tunity > of signing a visitors book where they could leave their comments, may be > also advertise for second hand material that they are after or want to > sell etc, the equivalent to a "Notice Board. "We are aware of that their > is some ill people out there so it is importa

Updatable Guest Book ?

2002-01-04 Thread Philippe
that runs well at least on my machine (An old Mac). Before we publish it we thought that it would be a good idea if  we had some feed back from people visiting our site and give the visitors the opportunity of signing a visitors book where they could leave their comments, may be also advertise for

Re: Refreshing a Guest Book type page

2002-01-04 Thread Connie Chan
As no code here, so I only raise idea according to my experience =) The possible output for a guest book are : 1. Thank you page 2. The same page as the guest book (but resulting on the process of POST) 3. Redirect to the page same as the guest book(By GET method) If case no. 1 , you may add

RE: Refreshing a Guest Book type page

2002-01-04 Thread Robert Howard
still have the seamless transition would be to have the script handle the request and then redirect back to the main page where the results are displayed. # For instance sub add_message { ## whatever code is used to add the guest book entry. print redirect ( -uri => "http://www.domain.com/fold

Refreshing a Guest Book type page

2002-01-03 Thread Troy May
Hello, I don't have a working example, this is for a friend. He says he has a guest book set up on his site. All is fine with it. People submit their entry, it takes you to a view page (dynamic, from the Perl program) where it shows you all the entries. But he says when people refresh

Re: whats the best cgi/perl book around?

2001-09-26 Thread Mark Bergeron
The one you learn the most from of course! -Original Message- From: "louie miranda"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue Sep 25 19:38:06 PDT 2001 Subject: whats the best cgi/perl book around? >Hi, im just wondering whats the best cgi/perl book? >thnx

Re: whats the best cgi/perl book around?

2001-09-26 Thread Curtis Poe
--- louie miranda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, im just wondering whats the best cgi/perl book? > thnx. > > louie miranda (axishift.ath.cx) > -- > Security Is A Series Of Well-Defined Steps > > chmod -R 0 / ; and smile :)

Re: whats the best cgi/perl book around?

2001-09-26 Thread Kevin Meltzer
m Just to point out here, that we do not discuss cgi.pm, but CGI.pm is used and discussed throughout the book. :-) Cheers, Kevin -- [Writing CGI Applications with Perl - http://perlcgi-book.com] Luke, you're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own poin

Re: whats the best cgi/perl book around?

2001-09-25 Thread Sawsan Sarandah
MySQL (OTHER NEW RIDERS) by Paul DuBois, Michael Widenius -- very very good book if you use databases & Perl (see Ch. 7) Mysql and Perl for the Web by Paul DuBois -- disappointing especially if you own the other DuBois book. I expected the same coherency and writing style as the other MySQL book. Ha

Re: whats the best cgi/perl book around?

2001-09-25 Thread Mel Matsuoka
At 10:38 AM 09/26/2001 +0800, "louie miranda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Hi, im just wondering whats the best cgi/perl book? > What's the "best" religion? ;) There aint no such animal. You have to be more specific with the question...It really depend

whats the best cgi/perl book around?

2001-09-25 Thread louie miranda
Hi, im just wondering whats the best cgi/perl book? thnx. louie miranda (axishift.ath.cx) -- Security Is A Series Of Well-Defined Steps chmod -R 0 / ; and smile :) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail

rat book and embperl

2001-08-01 Thread Francesco Scaglioni
Hi, I have been working through the rat book. Does anyon know of anything similar to the "Whats new" examples in chapter 6 that do not use embperl. I use SuSE and do not want to mess up my apache installation (am new to this) as it contains the help system. I do not have embperl

Re: book for newbee

2001-07-29 Thread Rachel Coleman
> More Specialized book! The CGI.pm book ,, by Lincoln Stein ( creator of > the CGI.pm) ... highly recommended ...! I've found 'CGI Programming with Perl, 2nd Edition' by Scott Guelich, Shishir Gundavaram & Gunther Birznieks to be very useful - it has a chapter on

RE: book

2001-07-28 Thread Curtis Poe
--- "Frank J. Schmuck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Curtis, > > Is this the book? There doesn't appear to be any code on the cover? > > http://perlcgi-book.com/ > > Thanks > Frank Yes, that's the book. The code on the cover is in a sma

Re: book

2001-07-28 Thread Ken Brakey
You figured that out quick! :-))) Invisible INK? "Frank J. Schmuck" wrote: > > Curtis, > > Is this the book? There doesn't appear to be any code on the cover? > > http://perlcgi-book.com/ > > Thanks > Frank > > -Original Message- >

RE: book

2001-07-28 Thread Frank J. Schmuck
Curtis, Is this the book? There doesn't appear to be any code on the cover? http://perlcgi-book.com/ Thanks Frank -Original Message- From: Curtis Poe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 11:48 AM To: CGI Beginners Subject: Re: book --- Larry Mullis &l

Re: book

2001-07-27 Thread Curtis Poe
--- Larry Mullis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any thoughts /comments on "Writing CGI Applications with Perl" by Kevin Meltzer and >Brent > Michalski? > > Thanks, > Larry I have a copy of it on my desk here at work and have been very pleased with it. Prior

book

2001-07-27 Thread Larry Mullis
Any thoughts /comments on "Writing CGI Applications with Perl" by Kevin Meltzer and Brent Michalski? Thanks, Larry

RE: book for newbee

2001-07-26 Thread Fco. Javier Valladolid Hdez.
More Specialized book! The CGI.pm book ,, by Lincoln Stein ( creator of the CGI.pm) ... highly recommended ...! Luck! . = Francisco Valladolid V Microsistemas Taking the Initiative! [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTEC

RE: book for newbee

2001-07-26 Thread Fco. Javier Valladolid Hdez.
Hello Brothers ... The beginning book for Perl is: Learning PERL, by Randal Schwartz's, there are a chapter over CGI Programming basis later I recommend skip to CGI Programming with Perl, from O'reilly . Good Luck !!! = Francisco Va

RE: book for newbee

2001-07-26 Thread Frank J. Schmuck
vered more in depth material. So, I bought it too! Thinking, like Microsoft - never buy version 1.0! It was "incredibly helpful" considering its a beginner's book. In fact here is a good example of the more in depth material. I quote from page 49: "This chapter will explain ho

RE: book for newbee

2001-07-26 Thread Stephanie Stiavetti
Liz Castro's book was the first I picked up, and while I certainly wouldn't use it your only text on the subject, she really does explain some complicated concepts in terms that a total beginner can appreciate. I still use the book as a quick reference, as it's

Re: book for newbee

2001-07-26 Thread Curtis Poe
--- Mel Matsuoka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 02:30 PM 07/26/2001 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >Hello, > > > >I am a newbee, I have the book below. > >Is it okay to start with this book?? > > > >Perl and Cgi for the world wide

Re: book for newbee

2001-07-26 Thread Mel Matsuoka
At 02:30 PM 07/26/2001 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Hello, > >I am a newbee, I have the book below. >Is it okay to start with this book?? > >Perl and Cgi for the world wide web >by Elizabeth Castro. NO!!!! Pretty terrible book, obviously not written by an exp

Re: book for newbee

2001-07-26 Thread Curtis Poe
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello, > > I am a newbee, I have the book below. > Is it okay to start with this book?? > > Perl and Cgi for the world wide web > by Elizabeth Castro. > > > Best Regards, > > Chuck If it is the first edition of that

book for newbee

2001-07-26 Thread raider
Hello, I am a newbee, I have the book below. Is it okay to start with this book?? Perl and Cgi for the world wide web by Elizabeth Castro. Best Regards, Chuck [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bryancity.com http://www.inkcastle.com Register your Domain Name at: https://secure.tldsystems.com

Re: If I could get just one Perl Book what should it be?

2001-06-26 Thread Chris Hedemark
You'll probably get a few of these, but the Llama book from O'Reilly & Associates "Learning Perl" is the way to go. Chris Hedemark - Hillsborough, NC http://yonderway.com - Original Message - From: "Brian Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL

RE: If I could get just one Perl Book what should it be?

2001-06-25 Thread RTaylor
> -Original Message- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Merlyn> > "Geraint" == Geraint Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Merlyn> Geraint> I would recommend (if your budget will allow) you get "The Merlyn> Geraint> Perl CD Bookshelf" which now includes the 3rd edition of

RE: If I could get just one Perl Book what should it be?

2001-06-25 Thread RTaylor
Perl CD Bookshelf by O'Reilly. The cost of one book with all the greats. -- Robert Taylor mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Thermeon Corporation http://www.thermeon.com/ Santa Ana, CA Phone: (714) 731-9191 Fax: (714) 731-5938 WebRes Demo site http://webres.thermeon.com/w

RE: If I could get just one Perl Book what should it be?

2001-06-25 Thread Mel Matsuoka
At 09:13 AM 06/25/2001 -0500, Kris Cook wrote: >Well, if you have the money for just one book, I'd order two from >Bookpool.com for about the same price ;) Bookpool definitely rocks! Thier prices are outstanding! Definitely blows Amazon out of the water...Though I definitely lu

Re: If I could get just one Perl Book what should it be?

2001-06-25 Thread Mel Matsuoka
At 10:03 AM 06/25/2001 -0400, "Brian Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >To all, > >I have programmed in C, Fortran, C++, Java, Awk, Korn Shell, but I am >new to Perl. I already have a few quick reference documentation for >Perl in a Linux in a nutshell book.

Re: If I could get just one Perl Book what should it be?

2001-06-25 Thread RDWest Sr.
hi yall, i'm a noob and was ganna throw in 2 cents worth to this... i never saw the book your talking about brint... i bought perl cookbook by O'RIELLY first off ( bad mistake! )then i bought sams teach yourself perl in 24 hours (very good book for the next step above

Re: Re: If I could get just one Perl Book what should it be?

2001-06-25 Thread Mark Bergeron
And I hear that there is a third mouse to come! Mark' -Original Message- From: "Randal L. Schwartz"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mo Holkar / UKG"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon Jun 25 08:45:51 PDT 2001 Subject: Re: If I could get

Re: If I could get just one Perl Book what should it be?

2001-06-25 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
>>>>> "Mo" == Mo Holkar / UKG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Mo> CGI Programming (why does no-one call it 'the Mouse book'?) is a very Mo> fine book, but in the edition I have it doesn't discuss using the Mo> CGI.pm module, instead recommendi

Re: If I could get just one Perl Book what should it be?

2001-06-25 Thread Mo Holkar / UKG
At 15:21 25/06/01, you wrote: >I would say "Effective Perl Programming" or "CGI Programming with Perl" CGI Programming (why does no-one call it 'the Mouse book'?) is a very fine book, but in the edition I have it doesn't discuss using the CGI.pm module

Re: If I could get just one Perl Book what should it be?

2001-06-25 Thread iain truskett
* Brian Jackson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [25 Jun 2001 14:12]: [] > I have programmed in C, Fortran, C++, Java, Awk, Korn Shell, but I am > new to Perl. I already have a few quick reference documentation for > Perl in a Linux in a nutshell book. I have money to buy just one Perl > b

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