we use system calls for quite a few operations. It works well in the context of our application. Just be sure to use IPC::System::Simple for proper error handling. I'm fond of using File::Temp and JSON or YAML encoding for shuttling data around different processes, but others may have different ideas.
On 13/12/2013, at 8:49 AM, Tadhg <tadhg.da...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > > I’m working on an information site for my company using Catalyst, MySQL and > am Windows. I’m looking for guidance on how to produce some reports. I have a > DB which I’m querying for general content/data, but for some reports the > information is only available via a CLI, so the question is how should I > query the command line? > > > I’m guessing this should be done as part the model layer but I’m unsure of > what module to use, google just directs me to how to start the dev server and > I didn’t see anything on CPAN’s list of Catalyst Models. Any help would be > appreciated. > > > This is all assuming I don’t just use back ticks or system, which I assume is > a bad idea as I don’t want the user waiting 30 seconds for a page to load. > > Or I could just load the page and execute the report via a AJAX call back to > Catalyst using the a basic system call… > > > -- > Regards, > Tadhg > _______________________________________________ > List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk > Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst > Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ > Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
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