How to install packages?

2004-08-13 Thread Siegfried Heintze
I'm trying to install bugzilla on Windows XP 2003 and the installation procedure says that I need to install AppConfig. So I point my browser at http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/5.6plus/ and right mouse click on AppConfig.ppd (I'm using IE 6 as my browser). This saves an AppConfig.xml file!

How to display a Text file using web browser under CGI

2004-08-13 Thread Sun, Jian
Dear all; Could anybody help me to figure out How to display a Text file using the web browser in a CGI program? Thanks in advance Jian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/

Re: Filtering CGI Variables

2004-08-13 Thread Bill Stephenson
On Aug 9, 2004, at 4:06 PM, Bob Showalter wrote: Here's the approach I would take (not tested!) my %data; for (param()) { # loop through all parameters if (/^([qtdp])(\d+)$/) { my $prefix = $1; my $num = $2; $data{$num}{prefix} = param($_); } }

FW: How to install AppConfig package?

2004-08-13 Thread Siegfried Heintze
I'm sorry if this appears twice. I sent it once, but I don't believe I was subscribed to the list at the time! I forgot to mention my main question: how do I download and install AppConfig? I'm trying to install bugzilla on Windows XP 2003 and the installation procedure says that I need to

Re: How to display a Text file using web browser under CGI

2004-08-13 Thread David Dorward
On 10 Aug 2004, at 21:52, Sun, Jian wrote: Could anybody help me to figure out How to display a Text file using the web browser in a CGI program? * output suitable http headers such as the content type * open the file * read the file * output the file Where are you having difficulty? -- David

A little off topic

2004-08-13 Thread Moon, John
Has anyone has experience getting the body onload='MyFunction();' to work? Where MyFunction is a JavaScript... with IE ? Thanks in advance jwm -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/

Re: How to display a Text file using web browser under CGI

2004-08-13 Thread Jan Eden
Hi Jian, Sun, Jian wrote on 10.08.2004: Dear all; Could anybody help me to figure out How to display a Text file using the web browser in a CGI program? Thanks in advance Jian Try this: #!/usr/bin/perl -wT use strict; use CGI; my $q = new CGI; print $q-header(-type='text/html');

RE: BACK button in CGI

2004-08-13 Thread Bob Showalter
[redirected to beginners-cgi list] Shah, Urmil wrote: This is a very basic question but still confusing me and so trying to get help. I have 3 CGI FORMS that display HTML output. One form leads to second and second leads to third. On 3rd page If I want to redirect the user to page 1 how do

RE: How to install packages?

2004-08-13 Thread Charles K. Clarkson
Siegfried Heintze [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : I'm trying to install bugzilla on Windows XP 2003 and the : installation procedure says that I need to install AppConfig. : So I point : my browser at : http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/5.6plus/ and right : mouse click on : AppConfig.ppd (I'm

Getting local apache server to connect and to execute perl script ...

2004-08-13 Thread hcohen2
Accept my apologies if it is understood that this question is out-of-scope for this maillist. My explanation is that I just joined. I am having problems with an example from the on-line book Beginning Perl in Chapter 12 the text begins by saying the simple default installation of apache will

Is merak.montrose.net/challenge ... real?

2004-08-13 Thread hcohen2
I am highly suspicious of unexpected emails preporting to be spam filters - my membership on the beginners perl-cgi maillist was already confirmed. Their site raised my suspicions further do they have anything to do with this mail list? Are the users of this mail list just being duped into

Re: Getting local apache server to connect and to execute perl script ...

2004-08-13 Thread Chris Devers
On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, hcohen2 wrote: I am having problems with an example from the on-line book Beginning Perl Out of curiosity, what online book is this? Can you send the URL ? [...] the server's IP address: 127.0.0.1. Both say the connection is refused. Of course it is -- 127.0.0.1 is always

Re: Is merak.montrose.net/challenge ... real?

2004-08-13 Thread Chris Devers
On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, hcohen2 wrote: I am highly suspicious of unexpected emails preporting to be spam filters - my membership on the beginners perl-cgi maillist was already confirmed. Their site raised my suspicions further do they have anything to do with this mail list? No -- some nimrod has

Sending emails when taint checking is on?

2004-08-13 Thread Bryan Harris
For some reason, when I turn on taint checking, my script dies on the line where I open up sendmail to send an email: ** my ($inOrderTxt) = (param('ordertxt') =~ /([\s!-~]+)/); my ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst) =