Re: error info...

2001-07-19 Thread Mel Matsuoka
I wrote: >> At 05:36 PM 07/19/2001 -0400, bc wrote: >> >now this??? >> > >> >Can't find string terminator "end_of_page" >> >anywhere before EOF at customgame.pl line 27. >> >> Here-doc syntax is very touchy. The problem is that your heredoc >terminator >> string is NOT on a line by itself. This

Re: error info...

2001-07-19 Thread bc
i though it was? - Original Message - From: "Mel Matsuoka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 11:37 AM Subject: Re: error info... > At 05:36 PM 07/19/2001 -0400, bc wrote: > >now this??? > > > &g

Re: error info...

2001-07-19 Thread Mel Matsuoka
At 05:36 PM 07/19/2001 -0400, bc wrote: >now this??? > >Can't find string terminator "end_of_page" >anywhere before EOF at customgame.pl line 27. Here-doc syntax is very touchy. The problem is that your heredoc terminator string is NOT on a line by itself. This means any whitespace after the te

Perl editors (WAS: Re: error info...)

2001-07-19 Thread Mel Matsuoka
At 05:32 PM 07/19/2001 -0400, Brett W. McCoy wrote: > Better yet, get a programming editor like >UltraEdit, emacs, Komodo, etc -- they are designed especially for >programmers and have lots of nice little bells and whistles to help you, >like color sytax highlighting, online help, debugging, compi

Re: error info...

2001-07-19 Thread bc
ou have to guess the secret word:"); print ("hello there, please enter another name here:"); } print< end_of_page - Original Message - From: "Mel Matsuoka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 11:27 AM Subject: Re:

Re: error info...

2001-07-19 Thread bc
thanks... :) - Original Message - From: "fliptop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "bc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 5:26 PM Subject: Re: error info... > bc wrote: > > > > #!/usr/bin/perl

Re: error info...

2001-07-19 Thread bc
thanks... :) - Original Message - From: "Mel Matsuoka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 11:27 AM Subject: Re: error info... > At 05:17 PM 07/19/2001 -0400, bc wrote: > >here is the error: > > > &g

Re: error info...

2001-07-19 Thread fliptop
bc wrote: > > #!/usr/bin/perl -w > use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser); > #howdy > use CGI qw(param); you're not using strict. please do. > } elseif ($name eq "randal") { it should be elsif, not elseif. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTE

Re: error info...

2001-07-19 Thread Mel Matsuoka
At 05:17 PM 07/19/2001 -0400, bc wrote: >here is the error: > >Execution of customgame.pl aborted due to compilation errors. > Have you tried to run your script from the commandline using -w and 'use strict' ? I just did, and it spewed back a ton of syntax errors and other strict-related problem

Re: error info...

2001-07-19 Thread Brett W. McCoy
On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, bc wrote: > if i use wordpad, in windows, instead of notepad, which i was told b/c of this >reason, what do i save the script file as: the choices are: > > rich text format (RTF) > unicode text document > text document - MS DOS format > text document > and > word for window

RE: error info...

2001-07-19 Thread Tillema, Glenn
> -Original Message- > From: Mel Matsuoka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Subject: Re: error info... > > At 05:13 PM 07/19/2001 -0400, bc wrote: > >if i use wordpad, in windows, instead of > >notepad, which i was told b/c of this reason, > >what do i save the scr

Re: error info...

2001-07-19 Thread bc
thanks a lot, i used ulta in my asp mess, i liked it... :) - Original Message - From: "Mel Matsuoka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 11:21 AM Subject: Re: error info... > At 05:13 PM 07/19/2001 -0400, bc wrote: > &

Re: error info...

2001-07-19 Thread Mel Matsuoka
At 05:13 PM 07/19/2001 -0400, bc wrote: >if i use wordpad, in windows, instead of >notepad, which i was told b/c of this reason, >what do i save the script file as: the >choices are: Arghwhoever told you to use Wordpad without qualifying the RIGHT way to save out of Wordpad needs to be f

Re: error info...

2001-07-19 Thread fliptop
bc wrote: > > if i use wordpad, in windows, instead of notepad, which i was told > b/c of this reason, what do i save the script file as: the choices are: save it as a text file, but ftp it as an ascii (not a binary) file. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands,

Re: error info...

2001-07-19 Thread bc
word:"); print ("hello there, please enter another name here:"); } print< end_page - Original Message - From: "Mel Matsuoka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 9:40 AM Subject: Re: error info... > I wrote:

Re: error info...

2001-07-19 Thread bc
- From: "Mel Matsuoka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 9:40 AM Subject: Re: error info... > I wrote: > > > > Use CGI::Carp qw/fatalsToBrowser/ > > bc wrote: > >i'm using that... > >no luck thoug

Re: error info...

2001-07-19 Thread Mel Matsuoka
I wrote: > > Use CGI::Carp qw/fatalsToBrowser/ bc wrote: >i'm using that... >no luck though... Just out of curiosity, did you follow their server-specific perl script debugging info at http://www.netfirms.com/supportSearch?BROWSE=advanced ? If youre developing on Windows, a common problem is up

Re: error info...

2001-07-19 Thread bc
i'm using that... no luck though... - Original Message - From: "Mel Matsuoka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 9:01 AM Subject: Re: error info... > At 02:54 PM 07/19/2001 -0400, bc wrote: > >does anyone k

Re: error info...

2001-07-19 Thread Mel Matsuoka
At 02:54 PM 07/19/2001 -0400, bc wrote: >does anyone know of a site that lets you use free space to >learn perl/cgi? my current one, netfirms, does, but when >i get errors, all it prints to the browser is "it could be a >programing error or a syntax error" I used to use VBScript, >and it, w

error info...

2001-07-19 Thread bc
does anyone know of a site that lets you use free space to learn perl/cgi? my current one, netfirms, does, but when i get errors, all it prints to the browser is "it could be a programing error or a syntax error" I used to use VBScript, and it, when you did an error, it at least told the lin