i corrected the & before tickers.
when i append the &refresh=x, i get a software error:
Execution of ....cgi aborted due to compilation errors
without the &refresh=x, the script runs fine.
what i'm doing with the refresh value is attaching it to a javascript
redirect window which
sends the value to an asp page. ie. .asp?refresh=x&symbol=.....
thanks,
peter
-----Original Message-----
From: Jos Boumans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 9:45 AM
To: Peter Lee
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: perl newbie
Ok, it's hard to help you without knowing the exact error that is generated.
So it would help if you posted that too
furthermore, that bit of code seems to be in order then, altho the first &
in
......cgi?&tickers=yyy&refresh=x shouldnt be there...
Regards,
Jos Boumans
Peter wrote:
> yes there is a semicolon there.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jos Boumans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 9:39 AM
> To: Peter Lee
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: perl newbie
>
> A quick glance at your code shows a missing ; at the end of
> $refresh=$q->param('refresh')
>
> check if that's not the problem first!
>
> Regards,
>
> Jos Boumans
>
> Peter wrote:
>
> > hi,
> >
> > i just started learning perl and i'm kinda stuck....
> >
> > i want to pass two querystrings from an asp page to a perl script.
> > ie ......cgi?&tickers=yyy&refresh=x
> >
> > the script accepts the tickers by itself, but when i try to add the
> refresh
> > it says
> > i have a compile error, here's how its coded...
> >
> > so what it does is grabs the ticker name and gets quotes for it....then
> > redirects
> > me back to the page i requested the info from with the new data.
> >
> > -----------------------
> > my $q = new CGI;
> >
> > if ($q->param('tickers')) {
> > my @tickers = split ' ', $q->param('tickers');
> > init;
> > getquote $q, ($tickers[0]);
> > }
> >
> > $refresh=$q->param('refresh')
> > -----------------------
> >
> > thanks,
> > pete
