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Passing Data Thru Pages
I'm new to html programming, perl and the like...and need advice and could use a few insights on how to tackle this problem. I'm writing the paging part of a simple search web application where a query returned more results than it can display. I'm using perl, cgi, html templates and mysql. I... -
How to handle single/double quotes when inputing?
I wrote a validation routine to handle invalid input but if the user types in a single or double quote in the first column of any text input in a html page, then the code appears in the input box: <input id="itemNum" type="text" name="itemNum" value='> I'm unsure how to handle this. I'm... -
How to access a hash vairable if in a while loop?
Hello all, I want to add to a hash, values read in after a sql sth read. while (my @data_row = $sth->fetchrow_array){ #$row {'00001'} = {'ITEMDESC' => $data_row[1], $row {"$data_row[0]"} = {'ITEMDESC' => $data_row[1], 'LISTPRCE' => FormatPrice($data_row[2]), 'ITEMQTY' => $data_row[3]... -
Drop Box Form values retain values after POSTing?
Hello all, I hope I'm posting in the right forum. O.o Data is going from cgi to form...given a value for a drop down box choice, and given also that the drop down box values are dynamically generated. How can you preserve the value of a drop down box choice a user has chosen after it's been... -
How to ref and pass an array of hash from HTML template to cgi script
Hello all, I'm fairly new to cgi scripting, html templates and perl. I am trying to sort an array of hash (which represents rows of a table) and having trouble with passing the data from html to cgi script (so I can sort). I know how to pass the array to the template but not vice versa...
