CGI newbie, using active perl, on NT

[mckarl]

oki doki everyone!!&nbsp;&nbsp;(is it me or has andybo been the helpfullest person on tek-tips since ever)<br><br>i am trying to learn to CGI script, using perl. (cos if i was using anything else, activeperl wouldnt work now would it )<br><br>i got my HTML:<br>------------------------------------------------------------<br>&lt;HTML&gt;<br>&lt;TITLE&gt; -- Name CGI script -- &lt;/TITLE&gt;<br><br>&lt;BODY&gt; <br>&lt;P&gt; Welcome to my name CGI script. &lt;/P&gt;<br>&lt;P&gt; Please Enter your name and other details in the prompts below, click submit when you have entered your details, or reset to clear. &lt;/P&gt;<br><br>&lt;FORM METHOD=POST ACTION=&quot;details.cgi&quot;&gt;<br>&lt;PRE&gt;<br>firstname &lt;INPUT TYPE=&quot;text&quot; NAME=&quot;fname&quot; MAXLENGTH=15 SIZE=15&gt;<br>surname&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;INPUT TYPE=&quot;text&quot; NAME=&quot;sname&quot; MAXLENGTH=15 SIZE=15&gt;<br>email add &lt;INPUT TYPE=&quot;text&quot; NAME=&quot;email&quot; MAXLENGTH=35 SIZE=35&gt;<br>&lt;INPUT TYPE=&quot;submit&quot; VALUE=&quot;Send Mail&quot;&gt;<br>&lt;INPUT TYPE=&quot;reset&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;VALUE=&quot;Clear Details&quot;<br>&lt;/PRE&gt;<br>&lt;/FORM&gt;<br>&lt;/BODY&gt;<br>&lt;/HTML&gt;<br><br>============================================================<br><br>and her's my Perl code:<br><br>------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>read(STDIN,$temp,$ENV{'CONSTANT_LENGTH'});<br>@pairs=split(/&/,$temp);<br>foreach $item(@pairs)<br>{<br> ($key,$constant)=split(/=/,$item,2);<br> $content=~tr/+/ /;<br> $content=~s/%(..)/pack(&quot;c&quot;,hex($1))/ge;<br> $fields{$key}=$content;<br>}<br><br>print &quot;Content-type: text/html\n\n&quot;;<br>print &quot;&lt;HTML&gt;\n;<br>print &quot;&lt;BODY BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF&gt;\n&quot;;<br>print &quot;&lt;CENTER&gt;\n&quot;;<br>print &quot;Thank you &lt;BR&gt;\n&quot;;<br>print &quot;$fields{fname} $fields{lname}&lt;/BR&gt;&quot;;<br>print &quot;I will write&lt;BR&gt;\n&quot;;<br>print &quot;you at &lt;BR&gt;\n&quot;;<br>print &quot;&lt;/CENTRE&gt;\n&quot;;<br>print &quot;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;&quot;;<br><br>============================================================<br><br>now, as i said before, here are the stats:<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=red>o</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Windows NT Workstation<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=red>o</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Active Perl<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=red>o</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I'm thick<br><br>but i have a real big probz. how can i compile a .pl script into a cgi script, <b>without</b> it trying to download it all the time?<br><br>Please help, like i said, i'm just starting up on this whole cgi thingy wotsit so it'll probably sound <i>really</i> silly. <br><br>Thanks to everyone who replies, and those who look at and think i'm insane, and decide not to answer me.<br><br><br>Many thanks again. Karl. <p> Karl<br><a href=mailto:mc_karl@yahoo.com>mc_karl@yahoo.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br> ~ ~ ~ ~<br>
K A R L<br>
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[NickBulka]

Karl,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;you might have better luck getting this answered in the cgi-bin or perl forum.<br> <p>nick bulka<br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[mckarl]

i diddnt know there was one...<br><br><br>thanks v. much nic...&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;have fun.<br><br>thnx Karl.<br> <p> Karl<br><a href=mailto:mc_karl@yahoo.com>mc_karl@yahoo.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br> ~ ~ ~ ~<br>
K A R L<br>
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[JTeagle]

If the system tries to download it, I think it is because you are trying to run it from a server that doesn't support Perl. Unless you access the .pl script from a Perl-enabled server (i.e., your hard drive mapped through a local server structure (localhost/some_dir/some_script.pl) rather than direct (file://some_dir/some_script.pl) ), it won't interpret it.<br><br>Hope that helps.<br><br>

 

[carpeliam]

you don't compile Perl files. CGI is an interface- you can write code in many different languages that will work with CGI, but the most common is Perl. C++ is also used; C++ programs are compiled. However, Perl is interpreted.<br><br>Try renaming your file from &quot;filename.pl&quot; to &quot;filename.cgi&quot;- that's as easy as changing the extension. Also, make sure you have the correct permissions. But as NickBulka said, this thread should probably continue in the CGI-Bin or Perl forum. <p>Liam Morley<br><a href=mailto:lmorley@wpi.edu>lmorley@wpi.edu</a><br><a href=

http://www.wpi.edu/~lmorley/>

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[mckarl]

it's over in the cgi-bin thingy now, hhmm... still going on about it though hehehe ... thanks for the help all!!<br><br><br>Karl. <p> Karl<br><a href=mailto:mc_karl@yahoo.com>mc_karl@yahoo.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br> ~ ~ ~ ~<br>
K A R L<br>
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