Cameron wrote:
>Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 14:56:38 -0600
>From: Cameron Dorey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: HTML forms to a file
>
>Lawrence F. Durfee wrote:
>> Cameron Dorey wrote:
>>
>>>Just have your form ACTION be a small perl script which writes your
>>>input to a file. In order to do this, you have to know how to set up
>>>your web server for CGI (outside the scope of this mailing list) and
>>>some simple Perl (not PERL).
>>
>> Cameron,
>>
>> Thanks for the response and I did spend some time looking at the
>> sites you suggested. However, I could be wrong, but installing a web
>> server seems like a big deal and it also seems like a huge overkill just
>> to get some data out of an HTML form (I expect most of my forms to be
>> somewhat small).
>
>In the old days (literally, last year), installing a web server on
>Window$ WAS a big deal. But not anymore. Assuming you have a capable
>computer (at least 200 MHz Pentium or equiv., 64 MB RAM - 128 is better,
>WinNT, Win2K, WinXP - you could even go with Win98 if your situation is
>simple and secure, i.e., an intranet with little chance of more than one
>person entering data simultaneously), the procedure is this: (1) bop on
>over to www.apache.org and download the latest Apache 2.0 server binary
>(2.0.44?) for Window$, (B) double-click on the downloaded file, (III)
>follow the directions from the Installation Wizard, which mostly consist
>of you telling where you want to put your web server files. The most
>time-consuming part is the download.
>
>If you haven't installed Perl, I would advise getting the latest 5.6
>build (5.6.633?), since there seem to be too many things still missing
>from the 5.8 build (from reading this mailing list) to make it really
>easy to use if you decide to get fancy and install a bunch of modules.
>
>>
>> I looked at CGI (as you suggested), ASP and Windows script hosting,
>> but it is not clear to me how to make any of them work.
>
>Lincoln Stein's CGI.pm module which comes with core Perl makes using the
>CGI interface an absolute breeze. There are even a bunch of examples for
>doing useful stuff and the documentation is truly voluminous. I haven't
>done any ASP or WSH stuff, never had the need for it.
>
>> Just for the
>> fun of it, I also tried replacing 'mailto:' with 'file:', but I
>> couldn't make that work either.
>
>Nope, it won't. You need a web server.
>
>One thing about PC's nowadays, they are SO cheap and SO fast and SO
>capable (IMHO, due to M$ bloatware pushing the hardware, thank you ,
>Bill), that it is pretty much impossible to find one manufactured within
>the last 3 years which will NOT run a webserver and 20 other
>applications without breaking a sweat.
>
>Cameron
>
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Cameron,
I am using a very capable Pentium based PC running Win2k (a very
incapable OS... enough said) and so your suggestion of installing a
server is something I could do. I looked at the site you suggested but
after a quick review, I found that there is a major problem with
ZoneAlarm, something I use and like, and I therefore decided not to
install that server.
I am only about a third of the way through Lincoln Stein's book
"Network Programming with Perl" when I realized that I can write a
simple server, in Perl, that will suit my purposes. Within thirty
minutes, I had the web server up and running. I will now focus on the
issue of implementing the `POST` feature into the server code. I
believe Mr. Stein should be praised for his fine work on books and
contributions of Perl modules. I would highly recommend the book and
the use of any Perl module he develops.
I have been using Perl for about four (4) years now and it is
nothing less than fantastic. The language is very elegant and allows
one to develop code quickly. A premier feature, I believe, is the fact
that one can find modules (*.pm) on almost any subject (networking,
algorithms, etc.) from a variety of different sources. Furthermore, the
ease with which modules are installed and used (POD documentation and so
on) is phenomenal. I applaud the efforts of ActiveState to provide the
basic Perl package, the web site for the module repository and this very
forum. I hope they are able to continue this effort as I think it will
continue to significantly advance the state of the art.
Thanks to you and all those that responded.
Thanks,
LarryD
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