Mike, Thank you so much for giving me the pointer.
The comment textarea now shows 'project on track' using <textarea name="comment"><tmpl_var name="comment"></textarea> I'm still struggling with the 'project' select list. I tried to place <tmpl_var name="project"> at various spots but none worked. # attempt 1 that didn't work <select name="project"> <option value="project_1">Project 1</option><tmpl_var name="project"> <option value="project_2">Project 2</option><tmpl_var name="project"> <option value="project_3">Project 3</option><tmpl_var name="project"> </select> # attempt 2 that didn't work <select name="project"> <option value="project_1"><tmpl_var name="project">Project 1</option> <option value="project_2"><tmpl_var name="project">Project 2</option> <option value="project_3"><tmpl_var name="project">Project 3</option> </select> # attempt 3 that didn't work <select name="project"><tmpl_var name="project"> <option value="project_1">Project 1</option> <option value="project_2">Project 2</option> <option value="project_3">Project 3</option> </select> # attempt 4 that didn't work <select name="project"> <option value="project_1">Project 1</option> <option value="project_2">Project 2</option> <option value="project_3">Project 3</option> </select><tmpl_var name="project"> Was my syntax off or did I miss more than that? Thanks! Bob -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Williams Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 12:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Boston.pm] CGI and HTML-Template question On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Bob Xiong <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm using CGI and HTML-Template for a web project (to allow user to > update info for a database record). Here is a sample code snippet from > the cgi script and the template. > > # from cgi script > > My $t=HTML::Template->new(filename=>'/path_to_template_file'); > ^^ my > $t->param(fname=>$name_retrieved_from_database); # 'Scott' > $t->param(project=>$project_number_retrieved_from_database); # 'Project 2' there is no reference to project in the template - (no tmpl_var xxx="project") in the option list $t->param(comment=>$comment_retrieved_from_database); # 'project on track' > > # from template > <input type="text" name=""fname" value="<tmpl_var name="fname">"> > <select name="project"> > <option value="project_1">Project 1</option> > <option value="project_2">Project 2</option> > <option value="project_3">Project 3</option> > </select> <textarea name="comment" value="<tmpl_var name="comment">"></textarea> > BUG - the above line will generate something like: <textarea name="comment" value="project on track"></textarea> the "project on track" will only be visible if you do View/Source, not in the browser window, you need the variable contents within the <textarea> .... </textarea> tags <textarea name="comment"><tmpl_var name="comment"></textarea> Mike _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
