How do I document my perl code?

Apparently there is some counterpart to javadoc for perl. I tried perldoc perldoc but that is not what I wanted. I want to know how I should be formating the comments for my perl code. What topic do I look under in perldoc? Thanks, siegfried ___

RE: How do I document my perl code?

Is there any standard for documenting functions? For example, in Javadoc, there is a specific format that uses the "@" for identifying and formating the function argruments. It looks like POD much more freeform and is not nearly so detailed. Is that true? Siegfried P.S. Sorry Charles, I accide

How to automate the sending of mail

I need my web site to automatically send an email confirmation. I'm using CGI Perl 5.6 on IIS on Win2000. What options are there for doing this? __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com -- To un

How to access server com object in CGI Perl

I have an nice little example that demonstrates how to use COM from a console mode perl program. However, I want to use COM from a perl CGI page and microsoft discourages ASP programmers from createing their own COM objects directly. ASP programmers are encouraged to use the built-in Server object

MVC for cgi perl?

Both Microsoft (with ASP.NET) and Apache (with stuts and java custom tag library) have recognized the perils of embedding UI code (browser code like HTML and Javascript) inside backend/database code (SQL, perl, Java, C# etc...) For example, just yesterday I lost several hours because, in my haste

use lib "../" for javascript and css files?

I have a perl cgi file that works fine. However, I want to move it into a sub directory -- the cgi-bin directory for Apache HTTPD is just getting too crowded. So I created a directory and moved my file. It could not find my evidence_db.pm file (which defined variables like $sCssRoot that contain t

Recommendations on Programming Style

Question #1: Does anyone have any favorite document that is a style guide for perl programmers? There are entire books on the subject of style for C++ programmers, I've not seen any for perl, though. I'm in the unfortunate position of being a lone programmer on a Perl project. I've taught myself p

How to explicitly declare an array of hashes?

Is there a way I can explictly declare that each array cell contains a hash? Here is the only way I know to do it: my @PCEs=[]; while ($Data->FetchRow()) { my %dh = $Data->DataHash(); $PCEs[$cn]{$dh{"id"}} = $dh{"ridPCE"}; } This "my" declaration only says that it is an array, not an array o

BitVector in GET/POST Params

I have a bit array I need to store in GET/POST parameters and fields. Presently I'm storing one bit per hidden field. I would like to optimize this and use a little less space. If I know I need less than 32 elements in my boolean (bit) array, I can just use an integer in a single hidden field.

Passing arrays by reference

I'm trying to index into some function parameters that are passed as array references. Is strategy #1 (see below) identical to strategy #2? I thought so. I had a bug I that I fixed by recoding strategy #1 as strategy #2 and it fixed the problem. This leads me to believe they are not identical. W

How to undine a value

I find I'm undefining variables my assigning an unitialized variable to defined value to make it undefined (as exemplified below). Is there a better way to do this? my $k; for($i = 0; $i < $c; $i++){ if ( defined $k ){ print $x[$k]; my $t; # intentionally undefined $k = $t; #

Re: BitVector in GET/POST Params

PAN and looked thru my perldoc but could not find it. What is the name of feature for storing large boolean arrays? Thanks, Siegfried --- WC -Sx- Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Richard Heintze wrote: > > > What if I need more than 32 elements in my bit > arra

Problems declaring variables in external packages

I'm using these statements in my main program: use DisplayPCE qw($order $fnx ); ... print join("", map { qq[$_] } @{$DisplayPCE::order}); ... When I use the debugger, I find that order is undefined! When I use the browser to view the page, the value of undef is confirmed. When I abandon package

Odd number of elements in hash assignment at AssignEvaluators.pl line 172.

The following statement is causing the warning in the subject line. Am I doing something wrong or is there a flaw in the cgi module I'm using? line 172: foreach ($q->param) { I am also getting this same error (or is it a warning?) when I call a function: $Case = $factory->mfr(name => $Data{"Ca

Not reading the whole file

This code is not reading the entire file. It is my intent that it read the entire file. Can somone help me remedy this problem? Thanks, Siegfried open (INFILE, "data.txt"); my $backgr_data=; __ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,

Re: Not reading the whole file

I think I solved my own problem. I'm using a my @backgr_data=; to read everything. Is the above less efficient than below? read INFILE, $backgr_data, $some_really_big_number; Thanks, Siegfried >This code is not reading the entire file. It is my >intent that it read the entire file. Can s