Re: security in perl

2001-10-11 Thread Brent Michalski
Please forgive the formatting of this message, I am using Lotus Notes (nuff said)... First off, this is NOT a "Perl security issue". It doesn't matter what language you do this in, the results would be the same... Now, if you want to pass a username and password securely, you'll want to use SS

Re: Perl shopping cart with MySQL and Cookie

2001-12-07 Thread Brent Michalski
Just in case you were wondering why you are not getting many/any responses to your inquiry. This is a list for people LEARNING how to write CGI programs. If you have a specific question, you will normally get many answers. However, you are looking for a complete solution. You may want to try

Re: File Upload via URL

2002-01-07 Thread Brent Michalski
If i remember correctly, this is also not allowed. It would be a big security risk to allow something like this. The same goes for the "file upload" box that you put on an HTML form... You cannot prefill the values in it. Brent

Re: Text input fields with preassigned text??

2002-03-01 Thread Brent Michalski
So you are trying something like: or This is the defaut text... Brent Rob Roudebush

Re: Using -T (taint) in perl scripts on Win32

2002-03-01 Thread Brent Michalski
What does the web server log file say that the problem is. The web server log should contain something much more useful than a 500 error... I am guessing that you are getting an "insecure dependency" or some type of error like that when you run it via the web server brent

Re: Perl/CGI mysql book

2002-06-05 Thread Brent Michalski
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Re: Perl/CGI mysql book

2002-06-06 Thread Brent Michalski
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Re: Please, ASP or PERL?

2002-06-20 Thread Brent Michalski
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Re: PERL!! : )

2002-06-20 Thread Brent Michalski
gs arguments to do that. Thanks, JP. >From: "Brent Michalski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "joao silva" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Please, ASP or PERL? >Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 14:13:50 -0500 > > &g

Re: PERL!! : )

2002-06-21 Thread Brent Michalski
> So what is a self-respecting Perl programmer to do? Haahaa, QUIT! Or shower and scrub with a wire brush! heehee... "Bill Odom"

Re: http-file-upload

2002-08-21 Thread Brent Michalski
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Re: Compiling a CGI program

2002-09-05 Thread Brent Michalski
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Re: really basic question about CGI module

2002-12-13 Thread Brent Michalski
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Re: Database connection trouble

2003-02-21 Thread Brent Michalski
I am guessing you want to do this instead: my $dsn = "DBI:$driver:database=$database;host=$hostname"; By using the single quote, Perl will not interpolate the variable names... Brent

RE: Database connection trouble

2003-02-21 Thread Brent Michalski
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Re: perl compiler and editor for windows

2001-06-07 Thread Brent Michalski
>Help me I have been desperatly looking for a compiler and editing program >for windows that is free. Please help me! "Order your full license for just $30" I don't think that qualifies as free... Brent -Forgive me if this mail contains HTML. Lotus Notes sucks.

Re: How to learn Perl??

2001-06-20 Thread Brent Michalski
Hmmm. This is a double-edged sword. - The jokes pretty much *had* to be better! - How much better is the key! > o The jokes are better. (We're constantly improvising jokes in the > classroom, and some of these end up as part of the standard Stonehenge > script, and the best of those

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

2001-06-25 Thread Brent Michalski
I'd have to say "Writing CGI Applications with Perl" for 2 reasons... 1) I co-wrote it. - So I am definitely biased... :-) 2) We explain every line of code - which I think caters to those learning very well. I'd at least give it a look in the bookstore. We also provide useful examples and in

RE: new one...

2001-07-20 Thread Brent Michalski
I see a couple things here that are common mistakes that can be real hard to find if you are just starting out Also, you CAN use a here document without quoting the end tag... So that is probably not the problem... ... code ... > if ($guess = "") { OOPS! With ($guess = "") you are assi

Re: PHP lookalike

2001-10-23 Thread Brent Michalski
try HTML::Mason. It kicks ass! http://www.masonhq.com Brent Peter Bosmans cc:

Re: Auto-initialising a client-side download

2001-10-24 Thread Brent Michalski
Shannon, This cannot be done. It would be a HUGE security hole if it was possible! You may have the best intentions in the world with your application, but there are many others out there who like to damage other people's computers... Imagine if you could set your script to automatically downl