Thanks. I thought of that, but I need to accommodate those who have disabled Cookies on their browser. This script is going to be used in a high traffic web site with many different types of browsers and configurations thereof, so I need to keep things very basic when it comes to interacting with the user.
Thanks! Troy May wrote: > Use cookies. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Lundeen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 5:06 PM > To: begin begin > Subject: Post to a second CGI script > > Hello All, > > I have 2 scripts. One accepts 3 values LOGIN_USERNAME, LOGIN_PASSWORD > and ACTION from an HTML form. That script looks in a user table in > MySQL to verify the user. If valid, it passes them to MENU.CGI with > LOGIN_USERNAME and a unique session number (USN). > > Here's the question: How to I "post" the LOGIN_USERNAME and USN to the > MENU.CGI script? I don't want the user "carrying" the info around in > the "Location" bar as "?USN=1234&LOGIN_USERNAME=somebody" -- I want it > to be part of the user's Perl process if you know what I mean, so that > if they hit RELOAD the values are still with them. Too, I don't want > someone trying to modify the info if it were in the "Location" bar, so > it needs to be a part of the "post." > > Any advice would be much appreciated! > > Thanks! > > Jim > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
