What exactly does "$| = 1;" do?

I have seen in a few scripts now, including some of the articles that Mr. Schwartz has written. I have read it does something with the buffers but on a more technical level what is that? Robert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Form PARAM is wierd (to me)

I am getting a wierd value. When I submit the form I am getting "position=VALUE++" back in the URL. I have no idea where the "++" is coming from and I can't find a darn thing about it. Robert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands,

bind values and cgi params

;perl -cw" as well as having "use strict" and "use warnings". I get no errors but I also get no data back when there is data. Any suggestions? Robert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>

Re: Active Perl Script to delete 4 hours old files on Windows

{ local $^T = time; (-M $somefile) * 24 }; > > or you can use stat() insteamd of -M like this: > > $hours = (time - (stat $somefile)[9]) / 3600; Instead of running a service/daemon putting it in the scheduler would be easier. That way the time issue isn't one because it wi

SetEnv Variable from Apache

How do I use a variable that is set with 'SetEnv' in the Apache config file? Robert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>

Re: SetEnv Variable from Apache

"Wiggins d'Anconia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Robert wrote: > > How do I use a variable that is set with 'SetEnv' in the Apache config file? > > > > Robert > > > > > > > > Have you c

Apache vs Apache2 for CGI Only

I am only doing CGI stuff. Does Apache2 give me anything besides being the latest greatest? I ask because I tend to experiment with other CGI languages and they sometimes do not have Apache2 implementations. Robert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail

Re: cascading menus in perl??

but this will be part of what I am wanting to do with templates as well. Can someone point me in the right direction with this one pls. thanks cat TT has a menuing system I think. There was also a semi-recent article on Perl.com about menus as well. Robert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: Perl Courses

psdt.com/ Hope one of those helps... Robert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-cgi-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-cgi-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/

Getting starting on Windows

Is there a tutorial on how to setup Apache + Perl for CGI on Windows XP? Robert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>

Re: Getting starting on Windows

"Abel Lucano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Sun, 25 Jan 2004, Robert wrote: > > > Is there a tutorial on how to setup Apache + Perl for CGI on Windows XP? > > > > Robert > > > > > > did you tried? >

Re: OT: Webhosting with good Perl support

Frank Delatorre wrote: ok, good point. thanks. Now, why OpenBSD over netBSD? I was running netBSD on an ULTRA10 before the HDD died. I switched to Debian GNU/linux. Any thoughts? - Original Message - From: "Randal L. Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Frank DeLaTorre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> C

Re: OT: Webhosting with good Perl support

Frank Delatorre wrote: Yo man, if you read it thread you would get it. The original issue was between LINUX and OpenBSD...NOT OpenBSD and netBSDGOT IT? - Original Message - From: "Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 14

Re: Webhosting with good Perl support

Casey West wrote: It was Saturday, February 14, 2004 when Jan Eden took the soap box, saying: : Hi all, : : Does anyone have an additional recommendation, so I can compare : some more? I'm somewhat partial to pair Networks. :-) I think we've got some really great Perl support. http://www.pair.

Re: OT: Webhosting with good Perl support

Frank Delatorre wrote: bob, yep that helps me a ton, thanks...honestly! Dang, now I'm wondering if I should wipe Debian GNU/linux off the HDD and put OpenBSD...this is an Ultra10 so I may not be able to find a port... - Original Message - From: "Robert" <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: OT: Webhosting with good Perl support

Frank Delatorre wrote: bob, yep that helps me a ton, thanks...honestly! Dang, now I'm wondering if I should wipe Debian GNU/linux off the HDD and put OpenBSD...this is an Ultra10 so I may not be able to find a port... - Original Message - From: "Robert" <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: OT: Webhosting with good Perl support

Jan Eden wrote: Frank DeLaTorre wrote: Yo man, if you read it thread you would get it. The original issue was between LINUX and OpenBSD...NOT OpenBSD and netBSDGOT IT? - Original Message - From: "Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Satur

Re: PERL IDE

Alexander Douglas wrote: Hello I am new to perl , is there any good IDE to develop simple perl forms with firebird database which is a no brainer. Please advice Mohammed SciTE is a great little editor. Works on Windows and Linux equally. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For addition

re: storing large chunks of ....

> > I inherited a perl CGI application that uses the > integer primary key > in the > > Microsoft Access database fabricate as the file > name of flat text file to > > hold arbitrary amounts of text. It just dawned on > me that this is a bad > > idea! If we compress the database, all those > uniqu

cgi -> fastcgi

What do I need to do to move from plain CGI to FastCGI? I have the DLL loaded in Apache conf file. Do I just need to make an application type of .fcgi (or whatever) so Apache knows to use that? Do I need to modify my plain CGI scripts in any way? Robert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL

Using DBI in a web context

"code" in an eval statement? Croak or die statements? I am thinking eval because I can set autocommit to "off" and then do rollbacks if $@ has an error. Suggestions? Robert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <h

Quirky form field

'); This is my form: [% err_firstname %]First Name: [% err_lastname %]Last Name: [% err_phone_or_email %]Home Phone: [% err_phone_or_email %]Other Phone: [% err_phone_or_email %]Email: Street 1: Street 2: City: State: [% err_zip %]Zip: [% err_partysize %]Party Size: Comments:

Re: Quirky form field

zentara wrote: On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:58:35 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Hicks) wrote: I am using CGI::Application along with MIME::Lite to send emails. I have a form with several fields. However, 1 field is not coming through and it is a numeric field. It is the only one. This is my

Firefox vs IE6

I have a form. If I am in Firefox and submit that form the data insert if fired off twice. If I am in IE, it works normally. Has anyone heard or seen this behavior? Robert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/

Re: Firefox vs IE6

Robert Hicks wrote: I have a form. If I am in Firefox and submit that form the data insert if fired off twice. If I am in IE, it works normally. Has anyone heard or seen this behavior? Robert I found the answer. It was the Firebug plugin. I removed it and all is well. Robert -- To

Re: Tweeking a sendmail routine.

a lot that will work. Check CPAN. Mail while it seems simple is incredibly complex, re-inventing the wheel, especially with such strict requirements is going to be time consuming. I like MIME::Lite and use it in anything of this sort. : ) Robert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

get no info by $cgi->uploadInfo()

info = .script_name =/.../cgi-bin/uploadtest.cgi button = Upload escape = 1 program = MathInd fileupload = *Fh::fh1AdressenPL_NGEE_MAT071207_rev.csv screen = FineSelect Whats going on there? What did I wrong? Best Regards Robert -- To unsubscrib

Re: Saving param after new recall of a cgi script

You should store the values from step 2 at step 3 in hidden parameters (type="hidden" ...>). The You can access them via CGI in step 4. An alternative would be storing the whole CGI-object in a file using Data::Dumper and recreate it using 'do $file'. Greetings

Re: Need help with a login script

At first assure that the correct values come from the database (see below). May be that's enough... Greetings Robert Adam Jimerson schrieb: [snip] if (param) { form_verify (@user); print "Username: $user[0]\nPassword: $user[1]\n"; #use for debugging

Re: Getting forward slashes and hyphins past the taint check

Move the hyphen to the end (only): if ( $Cookie_path =~ /^([...@\w\/.-]+)$/ ) { Greetings Robert Adam Jimerson schrieb: In one of my scripts that I am developing I have a field where the needs to supply which my include forward slashes and hyphens. I understand the inherent security risk

Re: 2 off in array count and index

Robert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-cgi-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-cgi-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/

Re: Perl CGI

Use LWP::Simple (not CGI). How to use it is written in the documentation of LWP::Simple. Robert karthickn sabari schrieb: Hi friends, I have some doubts in cgi perl. I want to connect server using perl CGI and i need to receive one txt file in server. Is it possible, then give me

Where do i begin to learn Perl CGI? (before: Re: Why perl lost steam...)

You have a look into the good tutorials at the "Web developers Virtual Library" (with the disadvantage of a lot of advertisements) (http://www.wdvl.com/Authoring/CGI/) or e.g. at the tutorials at w3schools (http://www.w3schools.com/). Hope that helps Robert -- Am 21.09.2010 15:2

RE: Perl Compiler

Hmmm... I would have recommended the same thing as a possible solution. >From what I see in the Perl FAQ there is an experimental C code generator, and unless you do something special it embeds most of the Perl C code into it anyway so that eval's can work. And from what I have seen, you can use

RE: Refreshing a Guest Book type page

What is happening is that the variables are still stored in the page he is displaying when the program handles the parameters that are sent via the GET or POST method. When the user refreshes the screen they send the parameters all over again. Probably the simplest way to circumvent this and still

RE: versions of CGI.pm

The only documentation I know of is in Lincoln's CGI.pm book. ...But you could always check out the source code for the module. Below is the part that defines each of those sets. Each one exports (enables ...sort of) certain subroutines. ':html2' => ['h1'..'h6',qw/p br hr ol ul li dl dt dd me

Cookies and SSI

If a script is being called as a Server Side Include, is it still possible to set and read cookies from within the script? Problem I am running into is that the header of the main html is read before my script, so no cookies are set by using print header (-cookie => $session_cookie). R.A. Howard

RE: DBI

The .dll file may need to be re-registered. Try doing the following, and adapt for your particular flavor of Windows: Win9x/NT: 1) Go to Start, Find, Files or Folders. 2) In the Named field, type: regsvr32.exe, Oracle.dll. 3) In the Look In field, make sure it is set to root C: 4) Click Find Now.

RE: DBI

h I could help more, R.A. Howard -Original Message- From: Yegneshwar Virupakshan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 3:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: DBI Robert, I tried doing exactly what you told and got the following er

RE: Using SSI in a CGI program

The simple answer is that it won't work. SSI's are handled by the web server, and the web server will not parse your script output for them, it will only parse HTML files (or shtml depending on your setup). I've attached a module we use on occation for this specific purpose. It includes pod if

RE: shebang line that works for multiple Perl binary locations

Unless I am mistaken, on windows machines, it doesn't really matter where the #!/usr/local/bin/perl line goes. As long as your have the file associations set and tell the IIS server how to handle files with the extension of .pl, you don't need it at all. R.A. Howard -Original Message- Fr

RE: cache

I believe "nocache" is for Netscape only. For IE you should use "expires". (or was it the other way around) ...So you should use both. I don't have any references handy, but a value of "0" for expires might work. Alternatively you could use a scheme that a lot of ad agencies use. They append a

RE: passing parameters

This works fine for me... #!/usr/bin/perl use CGI; $query = new CGI; @values = $query->param('name'); print "Content-type: text/plain\n\n"; print "@values"; Rob -Original Message- From: Rahul Garg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 9:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECT

RE: cgi in the middle of HTML page

If all you need to do is insert a table you could use a server side include (depending on your web server). It might look like this... You would place that where you wanted the table to appear and the web server would insert it right before serving the page. The other option is to use a templ

RE: cgi in the middle of HTML page

Al, I work with a lot of old code that uses the method Marty exmplained. The problem I have had with it is that a few years after the original code was written I find myself rewriting it to use HTML::Templates so that I can include standard headers/footers and take advantage of the other HTML::T

RE: cgi in the middle of HTML page

variables, loops). HTML::Template is very easy to learn and use, Mason looks like it requires a little bit more to set it up and learn it. Rob -Original Message- From: Marty Landman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 1:10 PM To: Hanson, Robert; [EMAIL PROTECTE

RE: Hexadecimal Dictionary

I wrote this routine to do the conversion for me. When you run it at the command line is takes a string as input, and prints out the hex val of each char in the string. #!/usr/bin/perl # c2hex.pl - Converts characters to hex values. my $chars = join(' ',@ARGV); for ( split(//, $chars) ) { p

RE: printing an email address

It looks like that is the answer though, in a roundabout way. Teddy, if this is for output into an HTML page, no, it won't show up because < and > are special chars. You need to HTML encode them, manually or otherwise. This should work: $line = ""; print $line; Rob -

RE: buton names

You can do it just like that. Given this HTML form: You can use this script: #!/usr/bin/perl use CGI qw/:standard/; print header(); if ( param('button1') ) { print "Button 1 was pushed!"; } elsif ( param('button2') ) { print "Button 2 was pushed!"; } Camilo, why is that a probl

RE: buton names

not allowed or you knew that many users would not have JavaScript available (unlikely, but stuff happens). Rob -Original Message- From: Camilo Gonzalez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 4:56 PM To: Hanson, Robert; 'GsuLinuX'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject

RE: removing white space

The first is more efficient, the second is less typing. And actually the second one is incorrect, it should be this: Rob -Original Message- From: David Gilden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 12:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: removing white space

RE: removing white space

: Hanson, Robert Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 12:36 PM To: 'David Gilden'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: removing white space The first is more efficient, the second is less typing. And actually the second one is incorrect, it should be this: Rob -Original Message- F

RE: Spaces in form values --> cgi

Yeah, you will be fine with the spaces. The browser may(?) URL encode them before sending them to the server. So your value will look like this when it hits the server: kayak+touring+rescue+techniques Or maybe this, which is equivelent: kayak%20touring%20rescue%20techniques When you use

Server Error on duplicate file

each time. Nothing I do helps. AtDhVaAnNkCsE Robert Becker Programmer/Analyst Carroll College Waukesha, Wisconsin [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: sql question

Donn wrote: >this question seems to be unrelated to perl but merely sql. > >but i am generating a web page displaying the data >from oracle db, using perl script..i have one problem though >with my SQL.. > >can somebody pls. help me with sql on how >to page the resultset from a select query...

RE: html in a cgi script

Here is the short story... 1. All HTTP messages have a header and a body section. The header includes content type (HTML, text, GIF, etc), the length of the content, login info, etc, etc. The body contains the actual data. 2. The head and body sections are seperated by a blank line. 3. You ne

RE: html in a cgi script

An example? Sure, here's one. #!/usr/bin/perl print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; print "Hello World"; That's all there is to it. Rob -Original Message- From: Matthew Harrison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 12:31 PM To: Ha

RE: session id

I usually use Session::Apache for that. It will allow for the creation of session ID's, storing data, and retreival of data. You will need to set up a table in a database, and then put some code in each page to fetch the session ID from the querystring or cookie so that it can initialize the ses

RE: customising forms

That all depends on if you want to do it server side or client side. I usually prefer the server side, in which case your Perl script would handle that. The easiest way is to use some sort of template module, I usually use HTML::Template. http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=module&query=HTML::Te

RE: Re-displaying data back into forms

For text boxes, to have it autofilled with something that the user can add to or edit, simply put the text you want to appear inbetween the and tags... So for instance if the string $prevtext contained the text you wanted to be in the form, you would put it in something like this: print qq~

RE: Removing the end of line character?

You could use the substitution function to do this. $test = "\nText here"; $test =~ s/^\n//; # removes that first end of line character. R.A. Howard -Original Message- From: Octavian Rasnita [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 2:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

RE: another cgi error question

No, I don't believe it is standard. Type this at the command line, it will answer most if not all of your questions... perldoc -q cpan If you still have questions after that, just ask. As a side note, if you are using ActivePerl in Windows read this as well "perldoc ppm". Rob -Origin

Please use meaningful subjects

Please use meaningful subjects for your questions! Subjects like 'Another newbie question' and 'Yet another problem' are not meaningful. (This problem seems to crop up every couple months:) ) Thank You Robert Becker [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [

RE: Having problems with login

First of all I would strongly recommend using DBI for this. It will allow you to use flat files now then upgrade to a database later with almost no code changes. That being said, there are a few ways you can do this, the simplest being this: # untested my $valid_user = grep "$FORM{username}|$FO

RE: uninitialized value?

> Premature end of script headers: This could be a lot of things. > Use of uninitialized value in string eq at index.cgi line 14. This is merely a warning, not an error. This won't cause a script to fail (see perldoc perdiag). The real error (the first one) isn't giving you any clue. Basical

RE: uninitialized value?

Assuming the Content-type isn't printed at the point the script ends(die, exit, etc), this won't print either. So you could instead print it to STDERR so that it shows up in the logs... print STDERR "Hello $c \n"; Rob -Original Message- From: David vd Geer Inhuur tbv IPlib [mailto:[EMA

RE: uninitialized value?

s you have other scripts that you know are working fine. Rob -Original Message- From: Kyle Babich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 8:34 AM To: Hanson, Robert Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: uninitialized value? Actually I do have the content-type printed: #!/us

RE: invalid

It depends on what "include" is. If it is a subroutine... $content2 = include("helpdesk/support.cgi"); If it is a hash... $content2 = $include{"helpdesk/support.cgi"}; And what was the error? Rob -Original Message- From: Kyle Babich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, J

RE: checking if its a real number

>> I have a cgi that need to accept only numeric values. ie +ve or -ve >> real numbers. >> Is there a quick and easy way to check this. I was trying using a reg exp >> if(/^[-0-9][\.0-9]*/) { >> do something >> } >> >> but this breaks when the number is say --75.4 It still accepts if it >> has

RE: Learning Perl

>> "Perl and CGI for the World Wide Web: Visual Quickstart Guide" by Castro. So true. I agree on this. I personally got the "Perl: A Beginners Guide" but I like how the Visual Quickstart Guides are done, except they are done on an old Mac box from the mid-90's. Other than that i love the Visual

RE: General ftp question

>> have you activated the ftpd? More precisely...have you configured and started your FTP server (pro-ftpd, wu-ftpd, vs-ftpd, or whatever your using). There is/can be a lot to configuring the ftp server depending on how secure you want it. There should be a lot of tutorials out there on this. R

RE: General ftp question

>> I'd try sftp (secure ftp) I loaded an updated Mandrake Linux and it was >> preconfigured for sftp (ftp failed to work) as well as ssh >> (telnet does not >> exist). It is the way of things these days... Proftpd is the standard ftp server for MDK9. I have been running it since it came out. I do

running CGI locally??

Hello, I have very little experience with web programming, and even less with CGI, so I'm really in need of help here. I have an application that runs in batch mode and generates 5 output files for every input file (all are flat text, and each of the 5 is in a different directory). I would like

RE: running CGI locally??

> : I have an application that runs in batch mode and generates 5 output > : files for every input file (all are flat text, and each of the 5 is > : in a different directory). > : I would like to build a simple browser-based UI that provides links > : to each output file, so they can be opened and

RE: running CGI locally??

> > ... I would like to build a simple > > browser-based UI ... > > That's good. You'll need a web server of some sort, since that's what > browsers talk to. > > > > > Since I'm trying to generate dynamic HTML pages, I thought CGI would > > be the way to go. However, from what I understand of

Re: change my ID Please...

I accidentally subscribed using my bigfoot account, which redirects to my yahoo account, so when I unsubscribe as you described below, I get a confirmation request on my yahoo account - since bigfoot is just a redirec account. Therefore, there is no way for me to go into my nonexistent bigfoot ac

regex question

Hi all, I have a line that has each field separated by commas. However, some of individual fields are double quoted strings and also have embedded commas in them. for example: Value1,"Value2, blah,blah,blah",Value3,"Value4,blah",Value5 When I use the split function using the split pattern of /

FW: IS THERE A PLATFORM FOR PERL DEVELOPERS?

I want to start developing perl applications in a windows 95 environment where and how do I about obtaining a compiler of some sort to accomplish this. Additionally how do I cater the software to my environment. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]%internet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

UW Bothell Campus

I am looking into the 3 step program that UW Bothell campus offers. Is there anyone that has gone threw there class? Or is there a class that anyone could recommend in the Seattle Area? Thanks in advance Robert Omatsu Control Seneca 9107 151st Ave NE Redmond, WA 98052 Direct: 425-602

Too late for -T

-w goes down fine, though. I want to use cgi scripts on this machine, but I think I'd rather not do that without taint mode. The reason I want to do this under Win98 is because all of my games run under that, and this box is still primarily a toy. Otherwise, I'd just boot the Linux p

RE: Too late for -T

, but . . . I wanted to run it *as a cgi called by Apache*. I can't do that from the command line. I found the culprit, though. In my httpd.conf file was: ScriptInterpreterSource registry which disables shebang parsing on Win

directory listing of document root?

rewriting necessary for that. I've looked through the docs on perldoc.com for the CGI module, and they suggest no solution to me. (path_translated() gives me the path to the script, not to the document root.) Any suggestions? -- Robert Bunn JAPN ___

Re: directory listing of document root?

real name." Is the best I can do, do you suppose, to put a nice big line near the beginning of the file that says: # IMPORTANT: change $doc_root='../htdocs/' to the actual path (absolute, or relative to cgi-bin) on your system or i

Linux

Does anyone know of a Linux group like this one? I'm dumping Windows as my main OS and moving to Red hat Robert Omatsu Control Seneca 9107 151st Ave NE Redmond, WA 98052 Direct: 425-602-4705 Toll Free: 1-800-446-2446 Fax: 425-602-4722 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL P

File update trigger

files for changes, but don't want to run cron every two minutes - and use up resources needlessly - nor run it only a couple times a day and perhaps compromise data integrity. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks, Robert Becker Programmer/Analyst Carroll College Waukesha, Wisc

frexp panic

work but has failed. AtDhVaAnNkCsE Robert Becker Programmer/Analyst Carroll College Waukesha, Wisconsin [EMAIL PROTECTED] (262) 524-7682 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

i need help with cgi-scripts and HTML

You will need to find out if the web server you are running on allows CGI. Then check out this web site. It helped me a lot: http://cgi101.com What kind of web server will you be running on? Windows, *nix, using IIS or APACHE? Hope this helps. Rob ___

CGI.pm : Handling Carriage Returns from textarea()

captured in as part of the value returned from the textarea value, or I am not handling the value returned correctly to recognize carriage returns. Does anyone have any recommendations as to how I can solve this issue? Robert C. Page IV -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional

Re: CGI.pm : Handling Carriage Returns from textarea()

want to use this interface. Robert Page Sean On 9/6/04 20:10, "Robert Page IV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am trying to write a simple weekly entry CGI script and I am trying to capture a the string returned from a textarea, assign the value to either a variable or array and ou

Re: CGI.pm : Handling Carriage Returns from textarea()

I print $summary and $detail. I may make this a review feature. Anyway, none of the text displays without any carriage returns. I am beginning to suspect this is due to HTML not recognizing these characters in the variables. Hmmmm. weekly.pl Description: Binary data Robert Page On Sep 6, 20

Re: Correction! CGI.pm : Handling Carriage Returns from textarea()

I print $summary and $detail. I may make this a review feature. Anyway, none of the text displays WITH carriage returns. I am beginning to suspect this is due to HTML not recognizing these characters in the variables. H. Robert Page On Sep 8, 2004, at 9:40 PM, Robert Page IV wrote: Gunnar: I

Re: CGI.pm : Handling Carriage Returns from textarea()

led somehow according to http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/wilbur/block/pre.html. Can someone recommend a solution to this problem? Robert Page On Sep 6, 2004, at 8:52 PM, Sean Davis wrote: White space (including carriage returns) is ignored by HTML, generally. Try surrounding your text output by the tag (p

Re: CGI.pm : Handling Carriage Returns from textarea()

I found a solution to PRE. It is XMP.. From http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/~mcm/tags.html, " ... Like "PRE" but HTML tags aren't interpreted (except for )" Robert Page On Sep 8, 2004, at 10:21 PM, Robert Page IV wrote: Sean: I added pre('executive summary') and

Re: CGI.pm : Handling Carriage Returns from textarea()

Woops! XMP is deprecated with HTMl 4.01. Sorry for the extra message. Robert Page On Sep 8, 2004, at 10:37 PM, Robert Page IV wrote: I found a solution to PRE. It is XMP.. From http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/~mcm/tags.html, " ... Like "PRE" but HTML tags aren't interpreted (ex

Re: CGI.pm : Handling Carriage Returns from textarea()

Gunnar: Thanks. I read this before in Lincoln Stein's CGI book but it did not register the first time. Thanks for the help as this solves my current issues. Robert Page On Sep 9, 2004, at 5:31 AM, Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote: Robert Page IV wrote: Sean Davis wrote: White space (including car

Re: CGI.pm : Handling Carriage Returns from textarea()

Considering I am not parsing HTML, I am actually trying to 'generate' the text formatting I want in a HTML page, there is no need for a HTMl parser that I see. Robert On Sep 9, 2004, at 7:30 PM, Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote: Chris Devers wrote: On Thu, 9 Sep 2004, Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrot

Re: CGI.pm : Handling Carriage Returns from textarea()

I am familiar with . What is the difference between and ? Robert Page On Sep 9, 2004, at 9:36 AM, Chad A Gard wrote: On Sep 8, 2004, at 9:40 PM, Robert Page IV wrote: Gunnar: I have attached the CGI script: weekly.pl. The subroutine save_weekly() captures the 'executive summary' an

RE: Perl Editors

While a little pricey, I use Perl Builder 2. It has good functionality, but its best feature is the ability to execute and debug multiple page cgi forms. It does this by feeding the form output back to the original script, just as the script would do on the real server. Bob -Original Me

RE: how do you tell....

I would think very first line could be a clue: #!/usr/bin/perl - or similar - probably Unix # c:/winnt/system32/perl - or some such - probably Windows Rob > -Original Message- > From: Sally [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 6:56 AM > To: perlcgi >

CGI-security

Hi folks, I confess - I'm a newbie. Not only that, I'm a newbie in over his head. I'm trying to come up with guidelines for writing and perhaps testing cgi scripts for security (lack thereof). Can anyone out there point me to resources - books, web sites, etc. that discuss this?

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