character conversion and password verification

[atsea]

Hello everyone,

Currently I have written a program that will take user input from a html textbox and check it against a list of valid IDs contained in a .txt file.

The problem I have now is:

the IDs in the .txt file are all in unicode, however Im using a Japanese computer (OS, Keyboard, etc) which uses the JIS character set. Is there a way to convert the JIS characters that will be entered by the user to unicode before the check is preformed?

Thanks,

 

[rob51383]

Utilizing a moduel will accomplish this the best. Your web hosting company would have to install this on the server. Check out:

http://tech.ymirlink.co.jp/perl/cpan/Unicode/Japanese.html

 

[atsea]

Ive been tinkering around with Unicode::Lite and Unicode::Map but I cant seem to install them properly.

I found the module Unicode::Japanese at

http://search.cpan.org/

(any module I need is usually here) but I encounter the same problem when following the install instructions.

INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

the Makefile.PL program runs fine but I cant do anything else...I may be trying to intall it to the wrong folder, or installing it completly wrong.

I have only installed a few modules (and that was a while ago, and on an english computer) but never on a Japanese OS. As you can imagine I am having trouble reading the error messages.

Bottom line...the "make" command seems to raise an error.

let me know if you have any suggestions on how to install this module.

Currently Im just experimenting with CGI and Perl, and the use of different character sets...Im using perl 5.8.6 and the latest version of apache server.

the module you directed me to looks like it will do the trick!...all i have to do is figure out how to install it.

Thanks

 

[rob51383]

The module needs to be installed on the server. I am not sure if you are operating your own server but it looks like you are trying to install the moduel yourself.

If you do have your own server and you are experiencing trouble installing it I would suggest you contact the vendor of the moduel for assistance as each moduel may have different requirements. If you have your site hosted by another company they should be able to install it for you, usually for free.