Dale wrote: [snip] > > I think a bit of background is needed. I work for the helpdesk of an > ISP. The space I've got is a staff account which mirrors the service > the residential customers receive. It's got a cgi-bin (of course, > otherwise there wouldn't be any point in my script *grin*) but they've > deliberately kept out the likes of MySQL because it is a residential > account. So I'll not be able to get additional modules installed and > mores the pity. >
If you have a cgi-bin then I assume you can upload files? If you can upload more than a single file then you can install any module that does not include a compiled component. If you have shell access and the proper libraries are installed (which theoretically you can do yourself if you must) then you can install virtually anything, up to the disk quota (if you have one). Simply install it all into the cgi-bin. Though I will say if they have some (silly) policy about installing them don't get in trouble just because you can do it. Though policy decisions seldom take precedence over the bottom line, and this will save you time developing your app. Though I will say if my boss asked me to write such an app at such a company and couldn't give me the proper tools to do it with I would definitely question his judgement (not that you haven't) and the company's standing. >> If CPAN modules are out of the question, then you're looking at a whole >> lot of wheel-reinventing in a lot of the work you do... :-/ > > > I thought as much. :( Thanks for the advice anyway! > > Cheers! Good luck, http://danconia.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
