Re: Executing commands through Perl
-- Forwarded message -- From: Matthew Topper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Jul 17, 2007 6:17 AM Subject: Re: Executing commands through Perl To: Teresa Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] It sounds like Perl might be overkill for this. Personally, anytime I find myself using the system call all the time, I seriously think about either using a module, or just a simple bash script. Although, Perl certainly can do it with little trouble, if you just want to get it working. In any event, I really don't like the system call, or backticks for that matter. On 7/16/07, Teresa Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Its my first time (first day actually!) using Perl and I would like some help in performing some relatively simple operations. My program outputs two columns of text based data. I want to parse this information, extract some contents and send the contents (which are actually program names) to yum, to be installed into a Unix machine. Currently, I'm extracting the names using split command and pushing the program names into an array. I want to know how to call a command line utility (like yum or rpm) through Perl. Does this require any additional libraries? Advice on any alternate/better way of achieving the same would be great! Thanks, Teresa -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
Re: Parsing HTML (Table)
yitzle wrote: I'm using WWW::Mechanize to retrieve a web page. I get to this line: my $page = $mech-response()-decoded_content(); The page got a table with values I wish to extract. What module is best suited to getting to that data? I'm hoping for a somewhat simple to use module. WWW::Mechanize is the first object oriented module I used (this project), so I'm still getting used to it. Hi. I recommend HTML::TableExtract for what you're describing. We can help you more if you give us the URL of the web page you're looking at and what data you need from it. HTH, Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
Re: Fork()ing and CGI?
On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 00:44 -0400, yitzle wrote: I need some guidance... I'm thinking of writing a CGI script that someone can pass some data and set it running. The script may take a few seconds to run. Is it safe/correct/OK to have a CGI script fork, with one thread respondng with a HTTP response while the other thread does its work? I want the HTTP response to finish sending right away, and not have to wait for the script to finish. I have done this and it works OK. I used a second CGI that queried the log file stored on the server with an auto-update flag. Currently I am reading up on AJAX that seems to be the correct solution to the problem and makes for some slick applications. -- Ken Foskey FOSS developer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
Re: Fork()ing and CGI?
On 7/16/07, yitzle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm thinking of writing a CGI script that someone can pass some data and set it running. The script may take a few seconds to run. Is it safe/correct/OK to have a CGI script fork, with one thread respondng with a HTTP response while the other thread does its work? Randal did something similar in this column: http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/WebTechniques/col20.html In Randal's case, the user eventually gets a page saying that the background process has finished its task. If your user won't want to see the results, you could omit that part. Cheers! --Tom Phoenix Stonehenge Perl Training -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
Re: RegEx: matching ^ or with [^]?
yitzle wrote:
I know this isn't the best way to parse it, but I need to check the
$ENV{'QUERY_STRING} for some values.
I originally had =~ /^limit=([0-9]{1,3})$/ which worked. But I
tried to replace the ^ with [^] and the $ with [$] to allow the
string to be part of a longer string attached with an on either
side.
The point is, the [^] doesn't seem match either ^ or , like I want
to. Why is this? How do I match ^ or ? (I really should just split
on and grep or whatever, but...)
After all the discussion, I suggest that all you really need is:
/\blimit=([0-9]+)\b/
Rob
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Re: Fork()ing and CGI?
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Re: Executing commands through Perl
Perl's system() function seems to be working great for simple commands like 'pwd' , 'ls' that does not require user interaction. But when I try to execute commands that require user input (eg, su or yum while not on root), then it says 'standard in must be a tty' and fails. Is this because Perl is not inheriting the standard input properly? Any ideas on how I can fix it? Thanks in advance, Teresa Mr. Shawn H. Corey wrote: Teresa Thomas wrote: Hi, Its my first time (first day actually!) using Perl and I would like some help in performing some relatively simple operations. Welcome to the world of Perl. My program outputs two columns of text based data. I want to parse this information, extract some contents and send the contents (which are actually program names) to yum, to be installed into a Unix machine. You say outputs but you are trying to munge the data. Data that is outputted cannot be munge. You have to munge it before output. Currently, I'm extracting the names using split command and pushing the program names into an array. I want to know how to call a command line utility (like yum or rpm) through Perl. Does this require any additional libraries? Showing the piece of code that is giving you problems is a big help. I think it would be better if you created a script file that contains all the commands. That way you can pre-view it. But the command you want is system. See `perldoc -f system`. Advice on any alternate/better way of achieving the same would be great! Thanks, Teresa -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
connect a database in remote server (can connect to the server via SSH)
Hi, All: I am a new to perl. My perl code need to connect to the database in the remote server, and I can login that server via SSH. Can anyone give me a hint about how can I do that? Many thanks. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
Re: Executing commands through Perl
Teresa Thomas wrote: Perl's system() function seems to be working great for simple commands like 'pwd' , 'ls' that does not require user interaction. But when I try to execute commands that require user input (eg, su or yum while not on root), then it says 'standard in must be a tty' and fails. Is this because Perl is not inheriting the standard input properly? Any ideas on how I can fix it? You can't run su except from a terminal. This is not part of Perl, it's part of the security for su. There's no way around this. If you want the program to access files not normally allowed by permissions, you set the program's owner to grant access and set its set-userid-on-execution bit (see `man chmod`). The program then runs as it's owner userid rather than that of the person running it. -- Just my 0.0002 million dollars worth, Shawn For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them. Aristotle -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
Re: connect a database in remote server (can connect to the server via SSH)
On 7/17/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am a new to perl. My perl code need to connect to the database in the remote server, and I can login that server via SSH. Can anyone give me a hint about how can I do that? Many thanks. Have you seen what's on CPAN? http://search.cpan.org/search?query=sshmode=all Good luck with it! --Tom Phoenix Stonehenge Perl Training -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
Re: Executing commands through Perl
On 7/17/07, Teresa Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But when I try to execute commands that require user input (eg, su or yum while not on root), then it says 'standard in must be a tty' and fails. These are programs that don't expect to be run by other programs, but by humans. If you want to let the human at the keyboard control those programs, you can run them that way by linking them to the terminal. If you want your program to control the program as if your program were the human, that's tougher. But nobody wants to run su, just like nobody wants to go to the airport; you only do it because it lets you do the thing you _really_ want to do. su is a program you use because you want to run a different program (as a different user), right? You probably want to use sudo to do the different program more directly; unlike su, sudo is made to be run by other programs. Good luck with it! --Tom Phoenix Stonehenge Perl Training -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
Re: connect a database in remote server (can connect to the server via SSH)
Hi. You must check if the Database ports are open, if no ask to the admin. Regards On 7/17/07, Tom Phoenix [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/17/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am a new to perl. My perl code need to connect to the database in the remote server, and I can login that server via SSH. Can anyone give me a hint about how can I do that? Many thanks. Have you seen what's on CPAN? http://search.cpan.org/search?query=sshmode=all Good luck with it! --Tom Phoenix Stonehenge Perl Training -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/ -- Francisco Valladolid H. -- http://bsdguy.net - Perl, [Open-Net] BSD fan. --
Re: Executing commands through Perl
Teresa Thomas wrote: Perl's system() function seems to be working great for simple commands like 'pwd' , 'ls' that does not require user interaction. But when I try to execute commands that require user input (eg, su or yum while not on root), then it says 'standard in must be a tty' and fails. Is this because Perl is not inheriting the standard input properly? Any ideas on how I can fix it? You probably need to use one of the modules IPC::Open2, IPC::Open3, IPC::Run or Expect. John -- Perl isn't a toolbox, but a small machine shop where you can special-order certain sorts of tools at low cost and in short order.-- Larry Wall -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
Re: connect a database in remote server (can connect to the server via SSH)
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, All: I am a new to perl. My perl code need to connect to the database in the remote server, and I can login that server via SSH. Can anyone give me a hint about how can I do that? Many thanks. You may use perl's database operation module DBI.pm,if you're doing database programming rather than db administration. Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
Re: connect a database in remote server (can connect to the server via SSH)
On 7/17/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, All: I am a new to perl. My perl code need to connect to the database in the remote server, and I can login that server via SSH. Can anyone give me a hint about how can I do that? Many thanks. To answer accurately we need some more information first: 1. What brand of database is it: Informix, Oracle, DB2, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, etc. (I assume it is an RDBMS rather than a flat file or hierarchal database)? 2. Does the database only accept local connections? (do you you really have to ssh to the box to connect to it?) 3. What OS is the client? 4. What OS is the server? 5. What control do you have over the remote machine? In most cases you can simply install the DBI module and a DBD module that corresponds to your RDBMS. If some reason you can only connect to the remote box through SSH you can still setup an ssh-tunnel and connect to the RDBMS with the DBI that way. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
Re: Executing commands through Perl
--- Mr. Shawn H. Corey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can't run su except from a terminal. This is not part of Perl, it's part of the security for su. There's no way around this. No way?I think Expect.pm can do this.Though putting passwords, especially root passwords, into scripts in clear text can mean security problems. Get the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email wherever you're surfing. http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/index.php -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
HoH efficiency
Is there a more efficient way to handle the method I choose to unroll my HoH.
Thanks.
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dumper;
my @data = STDIN;
my ($user,$gid,$homedir,%userMap);
foreach(@data) {
/^#/ and next;
/(\w+):/ and $user = $1;
/\w+:*:(\d+):/ and $gid = $1;
/.*:(.*)$/ and $homedir = $1;
$userMap{$homedir}-{$user} = $gid;
}
#print Dumper(\%userMap);
while(my ($k0,$h0) = each(%userMap)) {
foreach my $shell ($k0) {
print $shell,\n;
print --\n;
while(my ($k1,$v0) = each(%$h0)) {
print $k1 $v0\n;
}
print \n;
}
#print $k,\n\t,$_,\n foreach(values %$v);
}
___DATA___FILE___
##
# User Database
#
# Note that this file is consulted when the system is running in single-user
# mode. At other times this information is handled by one or more of:
# lookupd DirectoryServices
# By default, lookupd gets information from NetInfo, so this file will
# not be consulted unless you have changed lookupd's configuration.
# This file is used while in single user mode.
#
# To use this file for normal authentication, you may enable it with
# /Applications/Utilities/Directory Access.
##
nobody:*:-2:-2:Unprivileged User:/:/usr/bin/false
root:*:0:0:System Administrator:/var/root:/bin/sh
daemon:*:1:1:System Services:/var/root:/usr/bin/false
uucp:*:4:4:Unix to Unix Copy Protocol:/var/spool/uucp:/usr/sbin/uucico
lp:*:26:26:Printing Services:/var/spool/cups:/usr/bin/false
postfix:*:27:27:Postfix User:/var/spool/postfix:/usr/bin/false
www:*:70:70:World Wide Web Server:/Library/WebServer:/usr/bin/false
eppc:*:71:71:Apple Events User:/var/empty:/usr/bin/false
mysql:*:74:74:MySQL Server:/var/empty:/usr/bin/false
sshd:*:75:75:sshd Privilege separation:/var/empty:/usr/bin/false
qtss:*:76:76:QuickTime Streaming Server:/var/empty:/usr/bin/false
cyrusimap:*:77:6:Cyrus IMAP User:/var/imap:/usr/bin/false
mailman:*:78:78:Mailman user:/var/empty:/usr/bin/false
appserver:*:79:79:Application Server:/var/empty:/usr/bin/false
clamav:*:82:82:Clamav User:/var/virusmails:/bin/tcsh
amavisd:*:83:83:Amavisd User:/var/virusmails:/bin/tcsh
jabber:*:84:84:Jabber User:/var/empty:/usr/bin/false
xgridcontroller:*:85:85:Xgrid Controller:/var/xgrid/controller:/usr/bin/false
xgridagent:*:86:86:Xgrid Agent:/var/xgrid/agent:/usr/bin/false
appowner:*:87:87:Application Owner:/var/empty:/usr/bin/false
windowserver:*:88:88:WindowServer:/var/empty:/usr/bin/false
tokend:*:91:91:Token Daemon:/var/empty:/usr/bin/false
securityagent:*:92:92:SecurityAgent:/var/empty:/usr/bin/false
unknown:*:99:99:Unknown User:/var/empty:/usr/bin/false
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Writing a Program
To all you who know: I'm trying to write a program, granted it's going to be a large one, that will keep track of people's computers when they're in my shop being repaired. I want to assign a number to each computer system, and that number will stay with that machine throughout the program. I want to be able to see when the computer is taken in, where it is at the time, etc... My question is this: How would I go about writing this program in perl, and is perl the language to write it in? I'll use MySQL to store the data. The reason I chose perl is because I like linux, and perl runs excellently in linux, and I'd like to do my developing on a linux box. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
Re: Writing a Program
I'm not the most qualified to answer this question, but if all you want is a simple menu driven interface for a MySQL DB, Perl should be an easy way to accomplish it. Using a graphical module you should also be able to make a nice GUI. If you are going to go ahead, you want to first learn the basics of Perl. You can get started at http://www.perl.org/ Once you are familiar with the language, take a look at http://search.cpan.org/~capttofu/DBD-mysql-4.005/lib/DBD/mysql.pm I think that's the commonly used library for MySQL. HTH -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
Q: cannot use 'use base' without quote ?
Hi!
Nice to see you.
I'm new to OOP Peal.
Let me ask you a silly question.
When I try to use 'use base', I encountered an problem.
I wrote this program;
--- Animal.pm
package Animal;
sub speak {
my $class = shift;
print a $class goes , $class-sound, !\n;
}
sub AUTOLOAD {
my $class = shift;
print AUTOLOAD: a $class goes , $class-sound, !\n;
}
1;
--- Mouse.pm
use strict subs;
package Mouse;
use base 'Animal';
sub sound { 'squek' };
1;
--- farm.pl
use Mouse;
Mouse-speak;
and it work fine.
C:\Documents and Settings\jackm\usetestfarm.pl
a Mouse goes squek!
but when I unquote the quote of
use base 'Animal';
like this
use base Animal;
It would cause an error;
C:\Documents and Settings\jackm\usetestfarm.pl
Unknown error
Compilation failed in require at C:\Documents and
Settings\jackm\usetest\farm.pl line 1.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:\Documents and
Settings\jackm\usetest\farm.pl line 1.
use Animal is allowed, but is use base Animal not allowed?
FYI, if you remove use strict subs, it won't be an error.
but in the file farm.pl,
use Mouse;
works but
use 'Mouse'
would be syntax error.
In summary ...
no strict sub
use Mouse OK
use 'Mouse' NG
use base Animal OK
use base 'Animal' OK
use strict sub
use Mouse OK
use 'Mouse' NG
use base Animal NG
use base 'Animal' OK
Please tell my why I need quote after use base while using strict subs.
Thank you very much in advance !
-- jackm
Q: cannot use base while Exporting ?
Hi.
Please allow me to ask another silly question.
I wrote the program and it works fine.
Animal.pm
package Animal;
use Exporter;
@ISA = qw(Exporter);
@EXPORT = qw(speak);
sub speak {
print I speak!\n;
}
1;
--
Mouse.pm
package Mouse;
use Animal;
@ISA = qw(Animal);
@EXPORT = qw(speak sound);
sub sound {
print the sound!\n;
};
1;
farm.pl
use Mouse;
speak;
sound;
C:\Documents and Settings\jackm\usetestfarm.pl
I speak!
the sound!
but when I change Mouse.pm to replace use Animal and set @ISA with use
base, it won't work.
--
Mouse.pm
package Mouse;
use base qw(Animal);
@EXPORT = qw(speak sound);
sub sound {
print the sound!\n;
};
1;
C:\Documents and Settings\jackm\usetestfarm.pl
Can't call method sound on an undefined value at Animal.pm line 10.
Please someone kindly let me know why?
Thank you very much in advance.
I'm using;
C:\Documents and Settings\jackm\usetestperl -v
This is perl, v5.8.8 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
(with 50 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)
Copyright 1987-2006, Larry Wall
Binary build 820 [274739] provided by ActiveState
http://www.ActiveState.comhttp://www.activestate.com/
Built Jan 23 2007 15:57:46
Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or
the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.
Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
this system using man perl or perldoc perl. If you have access to the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page.
wirh Windows XP SP2.
Thank you !
-- jackm
Re: HoH efficiency
--- Rodrick Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there a more efficient way to handle the method I
choose to unroll my HoH.
Thanks.
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dumper;
my @data = STDIN;
my ($user,$gid,$homedir,%userMap);
foreach(@data) {
/^#/ and next;
/(\w+):/ and $user = $1;
/\w+:*:(\d+):/ and $gid = $1;
/.*:(.*)$/ and $homedir = $1;
$userMap{$homedir}-{$user} = $gid;
}
#print Dumper(\%userMap);
while(my ($k0,$h0) = each(%userMap)) {
foreach my $shell ($k0) {
print $shell,\n;
print --\n;
while(my ($k1,$v0) = each(%$h0)) {
print $k1 $v0\n;
}
print \n;
}
#print $k,\n\t,$_,\n foreach(values %$v);
}
Hello,
Just give my version.It does the same work and seems
more clear.
use strict;
use warnings;
my %hash;
open FD,'/etc/passwd' or die $!;
while(FD) {
chomp;
my ($user,$uid,$shell) = (split/:/)[0,2,6];
$shell ||= 'null';
push @{$hash{$shell}},[$user,$uid];
}
close FD;
for my $s (keys %hash) {
print \n$s\n\n;
for my $p (@{$hash{$s}}) {
print @$p\n;
}
}
__END__
HTH.
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Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games.
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Re: Q: cannot use 'use base' without quote ?
I forgot to describe my environment. it's here.
C:\Documents and Settings\jackm\usetestperl -v
This is perl, v5.8.8 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
(with 50 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)
Copyright 1987-2006, Larry Wall
Binary build 820 [274739] provided by ActiveState
http://www.ActiveState.comhttp://www.activestate.com/
Built Jan 23 2007 15:57:46
Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or
the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.
Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
this system using man perl or perldoc perl. If you have access to the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page.
wirh Windows XP SP2.
Thank you !
-- jackm
2007/7/18, Jack Minoshima [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hi!
Nice to see you.
I'm new to OOP Peal.
Let me ask you a silly question.
When I try to use 'use base', I encountered an problem.
I wrote this program;
---
Animal.pmhttp://animal.pm/
package Animal;
sub speak {
my $class = shift;
print a $class goes , $class-sound, !\n;
}
sub AUTOLOAD {
my $class = shift;
print AUTOLOAD: a $class goes , $class-sound, !\n;
}
1;
---
Mouse.pmhttp://mouse.pm/
use strict subs;
package Mouse;
use base 'Animal';
sub sound { 'squek' };
1;
--- farm.pl
use Mouse;
Mouse-speak;
and it work fine.
C:\Documents and Settings\jackm\usetestfarm.pl
a Mouse goes squek!
but when I unquote the quote of
use base 'Animal';
like this
use base Animal;
It would cause an error;
C:\Documents and Settings\jackm\usetestfarm.pl
Unknown error
Compilation failed in require at C:\Documents and
Settings\jackm\usetest\farm.pl line 1.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:\Documents and
Settings\jackm\usetest\farm.pl line 1.
use Animal is allowed, but is use base Animal not allowed?
FYI, if you remove use strict subs, it won't be an error.
but in the file farm.pl,
use Mouse;
works but
use 'Mouse'
would be syntax error.
In summary ...
no strict sub
use Mouse OK
use 'Mouse' NG
use base Animal OK
use base 'Animal' OK
use strict sub
use Mouse OK
use 'Mouse' NG
use base Animal NG
use base 'Animal' OK
Please tell my why I need quote after use base while using strict subs.
Thank you very much in advance !
-- jackm
Re: Writing a Program
On Wed, 2007-07-18 at 03:56 +, CJ wrote: To all you who know: I'm trying to write a program, granted it's going to be a large one, that will keep track of people's computers when they're in my shop being repaired. I want to assign a number to each computer system, and that number will stay with that machine throughout the program. I want to be able to see when the computer is taken in, where it is at the time, etc... My question is this: How would I go about writing this program in perl, and is perl the language to write it in? I'll use MySQL to store the data. The reason I chose perl is because I like linux, and perl runs excellently in linux, and I'd like to do my developing on a linux box. You've made all the right decisions already :) This sounds like an excellent use for my 'Axis' project: http://entropy.homelinux.org/axis You'll have to design your tables in MySQL. Then design your GUI with Glade ( which designs Gtk2 interfaces ... Gtk2 is the widget toolkit that gnome uses ). Then create some Gtk2::Ex::DBI and Gtk2::Ex::Datasheet::DBI objects to connect your tables to your forms. It's remarkably easy, requires *very* little code, and I'll help you out if you get stuck. -- Daniel Kasak IT Developer NUS Consulting Group Level 5, 77 Pacific Highway North Sydney, NSW, Australia 2060 T: (+61) 2 9922-7676 / F: (+61) 2 9922 7989 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: http://www.nusconsulting.com.au -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
