Could anyone explain me why having perl files like :
printf ("<HTML> blahblahb");
printf ("My name is %s",$name);
Is a wrong idea? :-)
Steve Hemond
Programmeur Analyste / Analyst Programmer
Smurfit-Stone, Ressources Forestières
La Tuque, P.Q.
Tel.: (819) 676-8100 X2833
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David R. Baird [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 12:13 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Handlers vs Perl scripts
>
>
> Really, everything you are trying to do is made so much easier in
> Mason. Have you tried the Mason list for help with your bugs?
>
> Embedding html inside perl scripts is not the way to go - it'll
> get very unwieldy very quickly.
>
> If you put most of your functions into modules (eg for db
> access), then you can load the modules into your Mason web pages,
> which minimises the amount of perl code in your html. It also
> makes it much easier to debug - you can load the module into a
> test script and check the return values of each function.
>
> Mason makes handling query strings a breeze too.
>
> d.
>
> On 27 Jan 2004 at 10:54, Hemond, Steve wrote:
>
> > Hi again!
> >
> > After taking too much time at debugging my Mason bugs
> (unsuccessfully)
> > , I decided to abandon the idea of embedding perl code in my web
> > pages.
> >
> > I will setup ONE handler that will only generate a header
> and a footer
> > on each webpage. I'm not at ease with the idea of having a
> bunch of
> > handlers for every dynamic operation and to restart Apache
> everytime I
> > setup a new handler, so I will limit myself to my header/footer
> > handler and do the rest in perl scripts.
> >
> > My question is : Coding perl scripts like this :
> >
> > #!/usr/bin/perl
> >
> > print ("<html><head> ...")
> > etc...
> >
> > is also taking profit of mod_perl? I mean... is that still
> a good way
> > to build mod_perl websites?
> >
> > Instead of embedding perl code in html files to generate
> stuff from a
> > database, I would just have to write an entire perl file that will
> > print the html code (like the example I've shown above) and do the
> > manipulations on the database at the same time. I'm just
> wondering if
> > this is a good idea, or if I am missing the features of
> mod_perl at
> > all.
> >
> > If I go with this idea, is there any documentation that
> shows how to
> > handle query strings from a simple perl file?
> >
> > Another question : I would need a sub to insert stuff in
> the database,
> > another to extract stuff, another to show date/time, etc.
> Should I put
> > these functions in a simple module that I will include in
> every perl
> > script?
> >
> > Thanks a lot for your help,
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Steve Hemond
> > Programmeur Analyste / Analyst Programmer
> > Smurfit-Stone, Ressources Forestieres
> > La Tuque, P.Q.
> > Tel.: (819) 676-8100 X2833
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
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