newlines

2001-07-26 Thread Sergio Gonzalez
Hi, I'm wondering how to make sure that when my data is written to a file, a proper end of line is in place after ea. intended line. code: ... # now loop and append the data to the file # Loop thru hash and write data foreach $value(values %cgidata) { if ($debug > 0) { print "Writin

Re: DROP DOWN BOXEN

2001-07-26 Thread Maxim Berlin
Hello Daniel, Thursday, July 26, 2001, Daniel Falkenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: DF> I would like the following HTML/PERL sub. to go forth and grab all the users DF> from my database and place them into a drop down box. Problem is I am DF> getting information allover the page everywhere? Cou

Re: e-mailing HTML form results

2001-07-26 Thread Helen Dickey
so is 64.70.149.84 you? do we literally put in 'localhost' or 'mailhost' or do we put an address for this? Jason Purdy wrote: > I had this earlier this morning - this means the Net::SMTP object wasn't > created. > > In my code, I redirected STDERR and created the object using Debug=1 to get > m

Re: newlines

2001-07-26 Thread Maxim Berlin
Hello Sergio, Thursday, July 26, 2001, Sergio Gonzalez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: SG> Hi, SG> I'm wondering how to make sure that when my data is written to a file, a SG> proper end of line is in place after ea. intended line. it's not your job. leave it to operating system. SG> code: SG> .

Re: e-mailing HTML form results

2001-07-26 Thread Helen Dickey
It looks like my local host connects---i get: " EHLO 209.67.207.3 Net::SMTP=GLOB(0x82284f0)<<< 250-freya.domainnameservers.net Hello localhost [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you" But I want the SMTP to connect to the place where my HTML page is so it can be mailed. I keep getting the same error me

Re: e-mailing HTML form results

2001-07-26 Thread Helen Dickey
It looks like my local host connects---i get: " EHLO 209.67.207.3 Net::SMTP=GLOB(0x82284f0)<<< 250-freya.domainnameservers.net Hello localhost [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you" But I want the SMTP to connect to the place where my HTML page is so it can be mailed. I keep getting the same error me

RE: Date

2001-07-26 Thread WPhillips
Fred, I don't know if this will help, but I have this code that figures out what yesterday's date is. It should be relatively simple to change it to two days ago. I am sure that there are easier ways to do it, but this has been working for me for a long time. The only two caveats are that I didn

Re: e-mailing HTML form results

2001-07-26 Thread Jason Purdy
Oh, sorry - that is confusing. 'localhost' is the SMTP server I'm connecting to. It could be 'smtp-server.nc.rr.com' or 'smtp.hotmail.com' or whatever works for your particular network configuration. Lots of SMTP servers are setup where they won't accept your mail unless you're either coming th

Still having problems sending mail...

2001-07-26 Thread Ryan Davis/Pamela Karr
I'm still trying to get my script to send some a simple email. I looked up some examples, namely : http://perlfect.com/articles/sendmail.shtml, but it still doesn't work. I'm using the -T switch, and heres the code fragment: First, I define my variables: #variables for sending mail my $sendmai

Re: Still having problems sending mail...

2001-07-26 Thread fliptop
Ryan Davis/Pamela Karr wrote: > > I'm still trying to get my script to send some a simple email. I looked up > some examples, namely : http://perlfect.com/articles/sendmail.shtml, > but it still doesn't work. I'm using the -T switch, and heres the code > fragment: [snip] > Then I try to send th

perl on NT

2001-07-26 Thread Khan, Masuma
Hello, I used to know perl. And now I forgotten it all. I used it to make perl cgi scripts that used to run of a UNIX server. But now, I have to make perl/cgi scripts that run of an NT server and I'm really stuck! I tried running the hello world script, well not run it, but is used it as the actio

Re: Still having problems sending mail...

2001-07-26 Thread Ryan Davis/Pamela Karr
The problem with using other modules is that I'm not in control of the server. Is there a way to use a module without having access to the perl lib. directories? I just have an account, one of those http://blah.edu/~me/ kinda things. Thanks, Ryan - Original Message - From: fliptop <[EMA

Weekly list FAQ posting

2001-07-26 Thread casey
NAME beginners-faq - FAQ for the beginners-cgi mailing list 1 - Administriva 1.1 - I'm not subscribed - how do I subscribe? Send mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You can also specify your subscription email address by sending email to (assuming [EMAIL PROTECTED] is your email addr

Re: Still having problems sending mail...

2001-07-26 Thread fliptop
Ryan Davis/Pamela Karr wrote: > > The problem with using other modules is that I'm not in control of the > server. Is there a way to use a module without having access to the perl > lib. directories? I just have an account, one of those http://blah.edu/~me/ > kinda things. hmm. although i've

Re: Still having problems sending mail...

2001-07-26 Thread Jason Purdy
You can also create/install modules without having telnet access, but it's like working on a black box. If something goes wrong, it's kludgey to get it to work. I hacked together this quick little script - after copying the module package folder over to the server via FTP, then I just call this

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/c

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, I *strongly* recommend against it.

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 experienced Perl programmer. Check

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 web > >by Elizabeth Castro. > > NO > > Pretty terribl

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 small and handy :) -Origin

colors and blink

2001-07-26 Thread Jerry Preston
Hi, I am not sure this falls under cgi, but I want to be able to wave text blink and different backgorund colors. print "TEST"TEST""; One problem I have is that ALL the text blinks after the I no idea on how to do text background color. Thanks for your help, Jerry -- To unsubscribe,

RE: colors and blink

2001-07-26 Thread Guilherme Pinto
You forgot to close your with > -Original Message- > From: Jerry Preston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 12:36 PM > To: cgi > Subject: colors and blink > > > Hi, > > I am not sure this falls under cgi, but I want to be able to > wave text blink and differe

RE: Linux Beginners Mailing List as good as this one

2001-07-26 Thread Mark Saunders
Topica.com has some nice ones if you search for linux (he basic linux training list comes recommended) A local linux user group list would be useful too. linuxnewbie.org has some good people that hang around the message forums. Good luck. -Original Message- From: Rahul Garg [mailto:[EMA

Re: e-mailing HTML form results

2001-07-26 Thread Helen Dickey
Hi all, My server contact wrote: We suggest that you use your ISP (RCN?) as the smtp server since that is the most reliable. We have one available but does run into a lot of problems. Your smtp server name is summitrelocation.com. If that doesn't work I would suggest that you use your ISP to se

more Re: e-mailing HTML form results

2001-07-26 Thread Helen Dickey
the first lines of the log said 220 herndon1.his.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.9.3/8.9.3; Thu, 26 Jul 2001 18:30:05 -0400 (EDT) Net::SMTP=GLOB(0x82286d0)>>> EHLO freya.domainnameservers.net Net::SMTP=GLOB(0x82286d0)<<< 250-herndon1.his.com Hello freya.domainnameservers.net [208.165.79.5], pleased to mee

Help with Install of DBI - on Unix

2001-07-26 Thread Moon, John
I am trying to install DBI (then DBD::ORACLE) in my own library but looks like the build was intended to be for *root* to use ... I cann't find any doc's on making a private copy Has anyone installed DBI in a private/local library ? The error I'm getting is: gcc -c -DDEBUGGING -O -DVER

Security Issue needing correcting

2001-07-26 Thread Susan
Hi I created a script that would take the online form data and fill in the data onto a word.doc form keeping it perfectly formatted, and then emailing the completed word.doc form to the email address. Though I am concerned that a malious macro could be implanted or that it is not secure enough

RE: book for newbee

2001-07-26 Thread Frank J. Schmuck
Liz Castro - Burn me once shame on you burn me twice I bought the first edition and was very unhappy. Even the code examples when downloaded have to be figured out as they aren't in a logical order like - chapter 1, chapter 2, etc. So I read on her site that the second edition covered more

Re: Help with Install of DBI - on Unix

2001-07-26 Thread Abdulaziz Ghuloum
Hello, If I'm not mistaken, you don't have the gcc compiler or it's not in the path. Check if gcc is in your path. Check that you have gcc. Check that it's called gcc. If all fails, try using cc. Do all the checks I mentioned for cc. Change your config file to use cc instead of gcc if all g

Please, please help with taint mode problems!

2001-07-26 Thread Bill Barrett
I really want to keep -T to keep my script completely safe, but I simply cannot get the script to completely execute. I am driving myself crazy because I don't want to cop out and delete the -T. I think I'm properly untainting my form variables (I've tried various ways - this is one of them): my

RE: Help with Install of DBI - on Unix

2001-07-26 Thread Moon, John
Thank you for the information ... This site has several versions of perl installed ... but I am doing the "perl Makefile.PL" as "perl5.00502 Makefile.pl" Next I changed three references of gcc to cc --- seemed to help ... Then got a version check ... so changed the tokens #PERL = /usr

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 Valladolid V Microsis

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 PROTECTED]> T

Too late for -T

2001-07-26 Thread Robert Bunn
Yup. Too late for -T. That's what it says whenever I put the -T on my shebang line. I have: perl -V Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 6 subversion 0) configuration: Platform: osname=MSWin32, osvers=4.0, archname=MSWin32-x86-multi-thread uname='' config_args='undef' h