Hi all,
I have a login screen login.pl which calls another application
sampleEntry.pl. The login and password are passed to a multipage Sample
Entry program as CGI parameters
sampleEntry.pl?login=mylogin&password=mypassword.
These two parameters are used in one of the pages to login to a MySQL
database, and are passed back to sampleEntry.pl when that program is
reloaded to create a new record.
Hidden, which I am trying to use to pass these two parameters around, is
a complete mystery!
My previously reported performance degradation apparently came from
misusing hidden. In those days, there was just one application. Once I
learned I could use it to pass parameters to fields which appeared on one
page and not the other, I used it liberally throughout the program. It
appeared to have some very strange effects -- namely doubling the number of
fields each time it was used on a page on which the fields appeared! This
wrecked havoc with my performance.
Now, however, it is a complete mystery. I call sampleEntry with the
login and password, and work my way through the application until I get to
the page which connects with the database. At that point, it connects even
though I do
my $login = param(-name=>'Login');
my $password = param(-name=>'Password');
print "login = $login",
hr;
print "password = $password",
hr;
$DBH = DBI->connect("dbi:mysql:meadowRue:localhost", "$login",
"$password");
just before doing the database connect.
Output; login =
password =
But the database connects!!!!
Then, when I try to pass the value of login back to sampleEntry, which is
being reloaded to start a new record, the value of $login is seen to in
fact be null.
How should I be passing these parameters? SampleEntry has multiple pages
but no explicit Login or Password textfields.
Thanks
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