You don't need to get that from a database! All you havve to do is put a lock on a file read the file, increment it write the file and take the lock off, easy! "Parvez Mohamed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Plaese use http://www.scriptarchive.com/readme/counter.html#counter > > in responce to: > > I want to write a CGI in perl that when called, grabs a number from a > MySQL db or a file, > increments it, writes the number back out, and then returns a GIF with > that number. I want > to have 10 separate GIFs, each one containing an image (that I have > created to match the > site design) of a number, 0-9. I need to be able to piece together any > number of these > GIFs from left to right into one large (relatively) GIF. I know how to > do everything but > actually create the GIF. Can anyone point me in the right direction? > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard
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