You have to call the script from the form element: <form action="/cgi-bin/yourfile.pl" method="post">
--All of your fields or etc.. here-- </form> or you could trigger it with a link <a href="/cgi-bin/yourfile.pl?Name=User&Day=Today">Login In</a> something like that. -----Original Message----- From: "_brian_d_foy"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue Oct 23 10:00:47 PDT 2001 Subject: Re: i need help with Perl and HTML please >In article <002c01c15be0$ace0cc60$a000330a@watertown>, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Mangione) wrote: > >> hey im really new to Perl and HTML and so far I've only learned the >> basics of the Perl language. I have been aquainted with C++ however >> and the language is coming to me pretty easily. My job on my webteam >> that we have for our school is to be the one who writes the >> CGI-scripts. So far i have basic scripts written out, but i do not >> know how to have the webpage run the scripts (i am not too good with >> HTML - it is not my part of the team but the other person also does >> not know). can anyone help me please?? matthew mangione > >start with the CGI Meta FAQ :) >-- >brian d foy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Perl services for hire >CGI Meta FAQ - http://www.perl.org/CGI_MetaFAQ.html >Troubleshooting CGI scripts - http://www.perl.org/troubleshooting_CGI.html > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___ _ | _ ) ___ ___ | | | _ \/ _ \/ _ \|_| |___/\___/\___/(_) ___________________________________________________ GO.com Mail Get Your Free, Private E-mail at http://mail.go.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
