----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Joseph Newton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Rob Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 7:51 PM Subject: Re: CG I Script [guestbook.cgi]
> Rob Dixon wrote: > > > Mr. Horace Franklin Jr. wrote: > > > Rob, > > > Disregard the email below. > > > I have one error: > > > > > > Software Error: > > > Can't find string terminator "E_FORM" anywhere before EOF at > > > cgi_guestbook.cgi line 205. > > > > > > The code looks good to me. What does this error mean? > > > > Horace. > > > > This is your code from lines 205 through 217: > > > > my $form = <<E_FORM; > > <h3>Sign My Guestbook:</h3> > > <form action="$url" method="post"> > > <p><b>Name</b>: <input type="text" name="name"/></p> > > <p><b>E-mail</b>: <input type="text" name="email"/></p> > > <p><b>Homepage</b>: <input type="text" name="homepage"/></p> > > <p><b>Message</b>:</p> > > <p><textarea cols="30" rows="6" wrap="virtual" name="message"></p> > > <p>Type your message here. > > </textarea> > > <input type="submit"></p> > > </form> > > E_FORM > > > > Each one has a single space indent. The 'here' > > document must have its terminator ( 'E_FORM' ) > > at the left margin. > > > > HTH, > > > > Rob > > Hi Rob, > > It looks like this error came about in the course of re-formatting. I looked at earlier versions of the same script, and the ending tag was flush left. So also was the rest of the html. It probably was a good idea to indent the html, not so good with the heredoc. That points up the reason I limit my use of this feature--because I prefer to preserve the logical indentation of my code, and interposing the intended indentation of some remote document is seldom compatible with this. > > Joseph > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
