Hi Sven,
Sorry, I thought you knew that one.
But how to proceed if you don't want those ugly/insecure params in your location bar ?
Regs David
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>
> Ok, i found out how to pass a few arguments to the other script:
>
> <a
> href="collectformdata.cgi?action=fetch&f_name=$f_name&f_surname=$f_surname"
> > Update>
> The only problem I have left is that the variables are not passed on.
> Once I put names in there, it works just fine, but I do need those
> variables to work.....
> if I would get any tips on this I'd really appreciate it....
>
> Sven
> On Tuesday, May 14, 2002, at 04:36 PM, David vd Geer Inhuur tbv IPlib
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am currently having the same problems as Sven. I tried to get some
> > info on it as
> > wel, but it seems a difficult one.
> > I have made a simple example to explain it a little :
> >
> > HTML-CODE:
> > ---
> > <html>
> > <form method=post action="/cgi-bin/david/1.cgi">
> > <table>
> >
> > <input type=hidden name=hide1 value="secure">
> > <input type=hidden name=hide2 value="very secure">
> > <tr><td>please enter your First name </td><td><input type=text
> > name=userid></td></tr>
> > <tr><td>Please enter your Last name </td><td><input type=password
> > name=pw></td></tr>
> > <tr><td><a href=/cgi-bin/david/1.cgi>Please try this one</a></td></tr>
> > <tr><td><input type=submit></td></tr>
> >
> > </table></form>
> > </html>
> > --------------------------------------
> >
> > Perl-script:
> > ---
> > #!/user/cadiclab/bin/perl
> >
> > use CGI qw(:standard);
> >
> > $first = param('userid');
> > $last = param('pw');
> > $hide1 = param('hide1');
> > $hide2 = param('hide2');
> >
> > print header,
> > start_html(-BGCOLOR=>"#99cccc"),
> > start_form;
> >
> > print "Hallo userid: $first with password: $last <br><br>";
> > print "Hidden fields are; <br><br>Field1: $hide1 <br>Field2: $hide2
> > <br>";
> >
> > print end_form,
> > hr;
> > ------------------------------------------
> >
> > Ones I hit the submit button the cgi-script does it all for me.
> > He tells me who I am and he prints the hidden fields.
> >
> > Ones I hit the <a href> the params are not read within my cgi-script ?
> > Not the input type=text and not the input type=hidden.
> >
> > Is there a way to get this working ?
> >
> > Any other solutions to a more secure way of solving this are welcome
> > too !
> >
> >
> > P.S.: I need the links to browse through directory's and do stuff with
> > it.
> > A submit button instead of a <a href> does not look very fancy :)
> >
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > David van der Geer
> >
> >>
> >> Hi!
> >>
> >> I am using one script to secure the members area and offer several
> >> search functions for am mysql database. another script offers the
> >> possibility to update data in this database. Botth scripts require the
> >> user to ennter name, lastname and password.
> >> Now I want to enable the user to get straight to the update function
> >> without having to enter name, lastname and password (he already entered
> >> one time) again.
> >>
> >> How can I pass those already collected values on to another script
> >> using
> >> a link (a href)?
> >> Or how can i do that at all?
> >>
> >> Thanks for your help,
> >>
> >> Sven
> >
>
>
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