Since the excellent HTML::Template, the codes becomes more re-usable... Peter
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Y. Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Adi Fairbank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 1:23 PM Subject: Re: full-featured online database apps > .... > I've written so many on-line database apps in mod_perl/MySQL/Oracle > that I think I'll go crazy sometimes. They all have so much in > common, esp. the typical administrative interface where you have to > "show all," "show one," "edit," "create," "[confirm] delete," etc. > Everytime I find myself following the same basic formula, but they're > all so significantly different that I can't really see reusing much > code. I guess you could abstract things to such a degree that > lots of directives could be passed to extremely generic methods, but > that actually has always seemed more trouble to me than it's worth. > ....