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That's it exactly, Jonathan (the former, that is). I want to create a
script that I can pass an HTML file to (which contains a form), have the
user fill it out, then process it enough to create a new HTML file with the
form data that the user entered. Some forms will be filled out by
salespeople for customers. Some forms will be emailed around to several
people for, say, approving purchase orders. To put it another way, here is
my goal: if you looked at the resulting HTML file with a browser, the form
data would already be there.
I've been looking at HTML::TokeParser, HTML::Parser, and HTML::FillInForm.
I despise asking other people to do my work for me. But code suggestions,
or a book recommendation, would be appreciated.
TIA!
-WM <><
-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Crowther [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 10:04 AM
To: 'Thomas_M'
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: Emailing forms w/data intact
He said :
About 100 forms (in HTML files) were created by a couple of
interns last summer, and I'd prefer to pass the form name as part
of the query string
He doesn't want to re-write all 100 forms into Perl, which is what you are
telling him to do.
Personally, in such a situation, I would write a Perl script that I run once
that would convert all the HTML to pure Perl, and then do what you suggest,
but if he really doesn't want to use Perl natively (i.e. keep the pure HTML
files), he needs to do on-line parsing of each HTML to extract the form
elements and replace them with the submitted values.
Of course, if he doesn't care about the format of the resulting pages (i.e.
if they don't have to follow any logical visual ordering), he could just
dump the "param()" keys and values to the file, and not bother parsing the
HTML, but I don't think that's what he was asking.
William?
Cheers,
Jonathan
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas_M [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 5:19 AM
To: Crowther, Jonathan [ORCH:9T03-M:EXCH];
[EMAIL PROTECTED]; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: Emailing forms w/data intact
Why would he need to do all that? Assuming he uses CGI.pm to generate the
form, he can simply print out the form fields or the result if it exists.
Something along the lines of:
if (param()) {
print param('name'); # print response
} else {
print textfield(-name=>'name' ...); # print form field
}
or, more simply,
print param()? param('name') : textfield(-name=>'name');
and if you wanted to only print the non-blank responses:
print param('name') || textfield(-name=>'name');
--
Mark Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sr. Internet Architect User Technology Associates, Inc.
$_=q;KvtuyboopuifeyQQfeemyibdlfee;; y.e.s. ;y+B-x+A-w+s; ;y;y; ;;print;;
-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Crowther [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 7:14 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: Emailing forms w/data intact
Given that you already have the HTML files, and you need to scan them for
the form tags that you want to replace with the values submitted, you could
also look at using the HTML parser to scan the HTML tags, such as the
following:
HTML::TreeBuilder
HTML::Parser
HTML::TokeParser
HTML::Form
HTML::Element
I have never used these myself, but they look useful in your case.
The methodology would be:
1. Use CGI.pm to read the query (including for form name and key/value
pairs)
2. Use HTML::TreeBuilder to scan the HTML page
3. Replace Form elements with values entered (in 1.) using
4. Use CGI.pm and also "print $h->as_HTML" to print the HTML elements out
5. Use Net::SMTP to send the e-mail
Looking at this again, you may want to go with HTML::TokeParser instead of
HTML::TreeBuilder.... any way, you can continue looking...
Cheers,
Jonathan
"Joust Not with Dragons, for Thou art Crunchy, and Goode with Ketchup..."
-----Original Message-----
From: Cameron Dorey [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 3:34 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Emailing forms w/data intact
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I want to let a user click a link which runs a Perl program, passing a
> filename on the query string (like
> http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/process_form.pl?form=testform.html
<http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/process_form.pl?form=testform.html> ).
> Easy.
>
> Then, after the user fills out and submits the form, I want to combine
> the user's responses and the form, and save it in a separate HTML
> file. In other words, I want a file that looks just like what the user
> filled out, with the data. Tough (?).
>
> Finally, I want to email that document to another party. Easy.
>
> I created a fairly nice script which you can place an HTML form into.
> (You only need to insert perl variables strategically.) I'd rather not
> create 100 similar Perl applications if I can help it. :)
>
> Can this be done? I think it can be using CGI.pm.
See below, that's how I would do it. Just read your HTML file into a
filehandle and stick the user inputs into it, then print back out. I was
just suggesting (strongly) that as long as you are using CGI.pm (and I
would always use CGI.pm), use it effectively, let it do the
packing/unpacking/splitting/tr'ing, don't reinvent the wheel.
Cameron
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cameron Dorey [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 4:26 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Emailing forms w/data intact
>
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Can someone wind me up and point me in the right direction?
> >
> > I'm trying to let users submit an HTML form into a file, with data
> > intact. About 100 forms (in HTML files) were created by a couple of
>
> > interns last summer, and I'd prefer to pass the form name as part of
>
> > the query string (like process_form.pl?form=testform.html).
> >
> > I've looked at CGI.pm
> > ( http://www.perl.com/pub/doc/manual/html/lib/CGI.html
<http://www.perl.com/pub/doc/manual/html/lib/CGI.html> ), and the
> tools
> > are right there, but I can't seem to piece them together.
> >
> > I know well how to fetch data from a submit, how to process it, how
> to
> > email a file, etc., and I've used Perl for about two years. It's
> > re-inserting the data back into a form that I'm stumbling over.
> >
> > Here's where I'm at now, for starters.
> >
> > [code snipped]
>
> Good golly, Miss Molly, pardon me, but what are you trying to do here
> with all those split/tr/packs? CGI.pm lets you work with forms without
>
> having to do all the splitting yourself, it's all in the docs.
> Basically, your parameters are from the form itself and you just pull
> them out by a statement like:
>
> $client_name = $cgi->param(name);
>
> for all your fields.
>
> Now, I'm not exactly sure what you want to save, is it the filled-out
> form with the user inputs in boxes exactly like the user would see
> them?
> the filled-out form with the user inputs looking like they were part
> of
> the form text? Whichever way, probably the easiest way I can think of
> to
> save them is to print your form to a file as a "here document" putting
>
> the variables in at the appropriate places, such as (just cobbled up
> on
> the spot):
>
> print FORM1 <<EndOfForm;
> Content-type: text/html
>
> <HTML><BODY>
> Your name: $client_name <BR>
> Your address: $client_address <P>
>
> Your hobbies: $client_hobbies <P>
> </BODY></HTML>
> EndOfForm
>
> Just take the HTML form and paste it into your Perl script, putting
> the
> variables where they need to be (for checkboxes, pull-down menus,
> radio
> buttons, you would put the values into the "Default = " part of the
> HTML
> code). Now, my HTML syntax might be a little off, but I hope the idea
> comes across. If you want just a plain text file with the user input
> in
> it, then just leave out all the HTML stuff and format it as you want
> to.
>
> If this is not what you want to do, please explain more.
--
Cameron Dorey
Associate Professor of Chemistry
University of Central Arkansas
Phone: 501-450-5938
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=906592316-08112000>That's
it exactly, Jonathan (the former, that is). I want to create a script that
I can pass an HTML file to (which contains a form), have the user fill it out,
then process it enough to create a new HTML file with the form data that the
user entered. Some forms will be filled out by salespeople for
customers. Some forms will be emailed around to several people
for, say, approving purchase orders. To put it another way, here is
my goal: if you looked at the resulting HTML file with a browser, the form data
would already be there.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=906592316-08112000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=906592316-08112000>I've
been looking at HTML::TokeParser, HTML::Parser, and
HTML::FillInForm.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=906592316-08112000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=906592316-08112000>I despise asking other people to do my work for
me. But code suggestions, or a book recommendation, would be
appreciated.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=906592316-08112000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=906592316-08112000>TIA!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=906592316-08112000>-WM <><</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=906592316-08112000> </SPAN>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
Jonathan Crowther [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]<BR><B>Sent:</B>
Wednesday, November 08, 2000 10:04 AM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Thomas_M'<BR><B>Cc:</B>
[EMAIL PROTECTED];
'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Emailing forms w/data
intact<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"></FONT>
<P><FONT size=2>He said :</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2> About 100
forms (in HTML files) were created by a couple of </FONT><BR><FONT
size=2> interns last summer, and I'd prefer to pass the form
name as part</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2> of the query string
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>He doesn't want to re-write all 100 forms into Perl, which is
what you are telling him to do.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>Personally, in such a situation, I would write a Perl script
that I run once that would convert all the HTML to pure Perl, and then do what
you suggest, but if he really doesn't want to use Perl natively (i.e. keep the
pure HTML files), he needs to do on-line parsing of each HTML to extract the
form elements and replace them with the submitted values.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Of course, if he doesn't care about the format of the
resulting pages (i.e. if they don't have to follow any logical visual
ordering), he could just dump the "param()" keys and values to the file, and
not bother parsing the HTML, but I don't think that's what he was
asking.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>William?</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>Cheers,</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Jonathan</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>From:
Thomas_M [<A
href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A>]</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 5:19 AM</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>To:
Crowther, Jonathan [ORCH:9T03-M:EXCH];</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>[EMAIL PROTECTED];
'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Subject: RE: Emailing
forms w/data intact</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>Why would he need to do all that? Assuming he uses CGI.pm to
generate the</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>form, he can simply print out the form
fields or the result if it exists.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>Something along the lines of:</FONT>
<BR> <FONT size=2>if (param())
{</FONT> <BR>
<FONT size=2>print
param('name');
# print response</FONT> <BR> <FONT
size=2>} else {</FONT> <BR>
<FONT size=2>print
textfield(-name=>'name' ...); # print form field</FONT>
<BR> <FONT size=2>}</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>or, more simply,</FONT>
<BR> <FONT size=2>print param()?
param('name') : textfield(-name=>'name');</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>and if you wanted to only print the non-blank
responses:</FONT> <BR> <FONT
size=2>print param('name') || textfield(-name=>'name');</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>--</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Mark
Thomas
[EMAIL PROTECTED]</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Sr. Internet
Architect User Technology
Associates, Inc.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>$_=q;KvtuyboopuifeyQQfeemyibdlfee;; y.e.s. ;y+B-x+A-w+s; ;y;y;
;;print;;</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>From:
Jonathan Crowther [<A
href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT size=2>Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 7:14 PM</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED];
'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Subject: RE: Emailing
forms w/data intact</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>Given that you already have the HTML files, and you need to
scan them for</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>the form tags that you want to replace
with the values submitted, you could</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>also look at
using the HTML parser to scan the HTML tags, such as the</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>following:</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>HTML::TreeBuilder </FONT><BR><FONT
size=2>HTML::Parser </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>HTML::TokeParser </FONT><BR><FONT
size=2>HTML::Form </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>HTML::Element </FONT><BR><FONT
size=2>I have never used these myself, but they look useful in your case.
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>The methodology would be: </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>1.
Use CGI.pm to read the query (including for form name and key/value</FONT>
<BR><FONT size=2>pairs) </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>2. Use HTML::TreeBuilder to
scan the HTML page </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>3. Replace Form elements with
values entered (in 1.) using </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>4. Use CGI.pm and also
"print $h->as_HTML" to print the HTML elements out </FONT><BR><FONT
size=2>5. Use Net::SMTP to send the e-mail </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>Looking at
this again, you may want to go with HTML::TokeParser instead of</FONT>
<BR><FONT size=2>HTML::TreeBuilder.... any way, you can continue
looking...</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Cheers, </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>Jonathan
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>"Joust Not with Dragons, for Thou art Crunchy, and
Goode with Ketchup..." </FONT></P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>-----Original Message----- </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>From:
Cameron Dorey [<A
href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A>]
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 3:34 PM
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>Subject: Re: Emailing forms w/data intact
</FONT></P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: </FONT><BR><FONT
size=2>> </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> I want to let a user click a link
which runs a Perl program, passing a </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> filename on
the query string (like </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> <A
href="http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/process_form.pl?form=testform.html"
target=_blank>http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/process_form.pl?form=testform.html</A>).
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> Easy. </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>>
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> Then, after the user fills out and submits the
form, I want to combine </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> the user's responses and
the form, and save it in a separate HTML </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> file. In
other words, I want a file that looks just like what the user </FONT><BR><FONT
size=2>> filled out, with the data. Tough (?). </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>>
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> Finally, I want to email that document to another
party. Easy. </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> I
created a fairly nice script which you can place an HTML form into.
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> (You only need to insert perl variables
strategically.) I'd rather not </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> create 100 similar
Perl applications if I can help it. :) </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>>
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> Can this be done? I think it can be using CGI.pm.
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>See below, that's how I would do it. Just read your
HTML file into a </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>filehandle and stick the user inputs
into it, then print back out. I was </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>just suggesting
(strongly) that as long as you are using CGI.pm (and I </FONT><BR><FONT
size=2>would always use CGI.pm), use it effectively, let it do the
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>packing/unpacking/splitting/tr'ing, don't reinvent the
wheel. </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>Cameron </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>>
-----Original Message----- </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> From: Cameron Dorey
[<A href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A>]
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 4:26 PM
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> Subject: Re: Emailing forms w/data intact
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> >
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> >
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> > Can someone wind me up and point me in the
right direction? </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> > </FONT><BR><FONT
size=2>> > I'm trying to let users submit an HTML form into a file, with
data </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> > intact. About 100 forms (in HTML
files) were created by a couple of </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>>
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> > interns last summer, and I'd prefer to pass
the form name as part of </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> </FONT><BR><FONT
size=2>> > the query string (like process_form.pl?form=testform.html).
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> > </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> > I've
looked at CGI.pm </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> > (<A
href="http://www.perl.com/pub/doc/manual/html/lib/CGI.html"
target=_blank>http://www.perl.com/pub/doc/manual/html/lib/CGI.html</A>), and
the </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> tools </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> > are
right there, but I can't seem to piece them together. </FONT><BR><FONT
size=2>> > </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> > I know well how to fetch
data from a submit, how to process it, how </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> to
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> > email a file, etc., and I've used Perl for
about two years. It's </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> > re-inserting the data
back into a form that I'm stumbling over. </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> >
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> > Here's where I'm at now, for starters.
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> > </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> > [code
snipped] </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> Good golly,
Miss Molly, pardon me, but what are you trying to do here </FONT><BR><FONT
size=2>> with all those split/tr/packs? CGI.pm lets you work with forms
without </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> having to do
all the splitting yourself, it's all in the docs. </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>>
Basically, your parameters are from the form itself and you just pull
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> them out by a statement like: </FONT><BR><FONT
size=2>> </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> $client_name = $cgi->param(name);
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> for all your fields.
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> Now, I'm not exactly
sure what you want to save, is it the filled-out </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>>
form with the user inputs in boxes exactly like the user would see
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> them? </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> the filled-out
form with the user inputs looking like they were part </FONT><BR><FONT
size=2>> of </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> the form text? Whichever way,
probably the easiest way I can think of </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> to
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> save them is to print your form to a file as a
"here document" putting </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> </FONT><BR><FONT
size=2>> the variables in at the appropriate places, such as (just cobbled
up </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> on </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> the spot):
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> print FORM1
<<EndOfForm; </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> Content-type: text/html
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>>
<HTML><BODY> </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> Your name: $client_name
<BR> </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> Your address: $client_address
<P> </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> Your
hobbies: $client_hobbies <P> </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>>
</BODY></HTML> </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> EndOfForm
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> Just take the HTML
form and paste it into your Perl script, putting </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>>
the </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> variables where they need to be (for
checkboxes, pull-down menus, </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> radio
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> buttons, you would put the values into the
"Default = " part of the </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> HTML </FONT><BR><FONT
size=2>> code). Now, my HTML syntax might be a little off, but I hope the
idea </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> comes across. If you want just a plain text
file with the user input </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> in </FONT><BR><FONT
size=2>> it, then just leave out all the HTML stuff and format it as you
want </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> to. </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>>
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>> If this is not what you want to do, please
explain more. </FONT></P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>-- </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>Cameron Dorey </FONT><BR><FONT
size=2>Associate Professor of Chemistry </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>University of
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From: "Purcell, Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'"
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Subject: Cookie vs Text File For State
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 08:41:49 -0600
charset="iso-8859-1"
Hello and Good Day,
I have a question about holding state. I have a large-scale application (web
based), and I use a uniquely identified text file to keep track of the user
as he surfs my site. As the product gets larger, so does this state text
file: (below is an actual text file). So what occurs here is that I put in a
hidden number that correlates with the below text file. And each time the
user does a submit and begins a session, I read the below file, put it into
a hash and off we go again.
My problem is that I am starting to have some speed issues. I am wondering
if a "Cookie" would be faster, and if it is, is the below data too much data
for a cookie.?
I understand what a cookie does, but I have never created one. So if a
cookie may be the best way to go, with this large amount of information,
would you tell me if the cgi.pm module is best for this, or how I should
possibly approach this challenge, or just stay my course with the text file.
Thanks a lot, I appreciate any input.
Scott Purcell
########## STATE FILE BELOW #########
text file:
OT_ART208_HolidayApprov: N
OT_Art209a_Valentines: N
OT_Spring009: N
OT_TV006J: N
OT_TV008_AllSeas: N
OT_TV010_Easter: N
access: 3
annotate: N
approval: Y
autoapprove: N
canupld: F
clipboard: 13438
crop: Y
csremail:
customer: otc
dimunits: in
dropndrag: N
eforms: Y
encpasswd:
d02f42d0510359476256e377d9925b7def78fd4aa52de999d724d646e11fbeba58
group: OTC_Studio_Admin_Apv
login time: Nov 8 15:34:37
mconverter: N
mode: icon
no_cols:
no_rows:
pmanager: N
portfolio: N
profile: OTC
report_count: 1
report_dblist: /DISK2/VBank/DataBases/STUDIO/ot_art209a_valentines.dbf
report_qstr: ('45_1730'$UPPER(FILENAME))
selects: N
serversid: aslechta_3008643_0
superlb: N
thumbqual: faster
thumbsize: medium
user: aslechta
userrecordno: 337
xport: N
zoom: Y
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