read web page content with Perl program..?

[goBoating]

Hello All,<br>There must be a module that does this, but I have not been able to find it, yet.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>Problem.....<br>I need to read the content of a web page with a Perl program.&nbsp;&nbsp;We have a M$ SQL Server and IIS web server running on an NT box and want to get data from the SQL Server via the web server through an http request.&nbsp;&nbsp;We wrote an app to serve the data via an http call like...<i>&quot;<A HREF="

http://servername/getData.asp?SELECT=select"

TARGET="_new">

http://servername/getData.asp?SELECT=select</A>

some stuff from some table&quot;</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Using a browser, the URL will return the requested data.&nbsp;&nbsp;How do I make the request from a piece of Perl code and catch the results.&nbsp;&nbsp;Does one of the many http related Perl Modules do this??<br><br>I realize this is an end run around DBD::ODBC, but getting the ODBC drivers and manager set up on the Sun box is turning into a nuissance.&nbsp;&nbsp;Thanks to M$, again, for their proprietary approach to life.

 

[perlkid]

<br>use LWP::Simple;<br>$content = get(&quot;<A HREF="

http://www.webserver.com/html-page.htm&quot"

TARGET="_new">

http://www.webserver.com/html-page.htm&quot</A>;);<br>print

&quot;$content&quot;;

 

[goBoating]

Thanks for the response,<br>I found the same on CPAN but a little confirmation is nice.<br>It does exactly what I'm looking for.

 

[perlkid]

<br>&nbsp;No problem,<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;Glad you got that sorted out.<br><br>&nbsp;perlkid