Hi, I am a bit of a beginner and this is my first time using a mailing list so please go easy with me.
I have a problem with a perl/cgi script I have written. It's a simple script that takes 2 values and parses an xml file for all entries which lie between the two. It then takes the answers and posts a table back so you can see what lies within your specified window. I use use strict; use XML::DOM; use CGI qw/:standard -nosticky/; The script works fine from the command line when debugging and also works fine when I test it from my browser. The problem arrises when I try a second set of values. The script seems to remember the original values and sticks with them BUT the parse of the xml file is messed up. Basically if I submit a second request the error which I output tells me that no entries were found and details the window to be the previous window not the one defined by the new values I use.. I am really confused about this. To make things worse if I wait a little and click reload with the error still present on my browser window then it correctly uses the new values and correctly parses the xml file.. The problem seems time dependent. If I wait for 5 seconds after I submit a request and then submit a new one I get the correct behaviour.(sometimes this takes longer to work). The cgi script seems to be saving the final state of my previous request and I don't know how to stop this.. can anybody help?? cheers johnk -- Dr. John A Kennedy email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LMU Muenchen Sektion Physik Am Coulombwall 1 Phone: 0049(89)2891 4152 D 85748 Garching, Germany Fax: 0049(89)2891 4103 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
