Hello again Bruce. > however, when i try to simply use libwww or one of the > other perl packages to access the "select_major" page, > i fail to get it. just as a test, i copied the url from > one browser window to another, and the 2nd broswer > couldn't access the page... > > can someone shed some light into what might be happening/going on..??
The page is the output of a back-end application. If you look at the source of the initial page, it is the action of a form that expects a POST with certain fields filled in. You can duplicate the post programmatically or try a GET with the same fields present in the URL (as another responder had success with). Here's something you might find useful: HTTP::Recorder. This acts as a proxy--you point your browser to it, fill out and submit some forms (even multi-step forms) and HTTP::Recorder will write a WWW::Mechanize script that plays back those actions! There's a recent article about it on perl.com: http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2004/06/04/recorder.html. It doesn't get any easier than that! -- Mark Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet Systems Architect DigitalNet, Inc. $_=q;KvtuyboopuifeyQQfeemyibdlfee;; y.e.s. ;y+B-x+A-w+s; ;y;y; ;;print;;
