Camel Book

2002-03-20 Thread Octavian Rasnita
Hi all, I heard about that famous Camel Book for Perl but I don't know its real name. Please tell me if you know. Thank you. Teddy, My dear email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at

RE: Camel Book

2002-03-20 Thread matt stewart
i'd imagine it'll be an o'reilly book - all their books have some kind of animal on the front. -Original Message- From: Octavian Rasnita [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 20 March 2002 12:29 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Camel Book Hi all, I heard about that famous Camel Book for Perl

RE: Camel Book

2002-03-20 Thread Camilo Gonzalez
The one you seek is called Programming Perl and is indeed an O'Reilly book. However, if you're new to programming you may want to consider first reading Learning Perl which has a gentler learning curve. -Original Message- From: matt stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday,

Re: Camel Book

2002-03-20 Thread Brett W. McCoy
On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Octavian Rasnita wrote: I heard about that famous Camel Book for Perl but I don't know its real name. The full name is _Programming Perl_, by Larry Wall, et al. It's an O'Reilly book and can be found in any bookstore that has a computer section. -- Brett

DBI w/ DBD:ODBC vs DBI w/ DBD:mysql

2002-03-20 Thread Bob T
I am new to Perl DBI programming But it is fairly simple.. I am using both Mysql 3.23.44nt and 3.23.43 Linux..as well as PostgreSQL 7.1 Linux and on WinXP on Cygwin. Perl on Linux was straight forward but the Perl on WIn is a bit Different. I ran a simple script to insert records in a table as

Client-Side Exec Of Perl

2002-03-20 Thread Hewlett Pickens
Ignoring security issues, is there a way to have a CGI-generated form invoke a Perl script on the Client? The Client requested data from the server and a CGI script there created the data and sent it back on a form. Would like to invoke a Perl Script to create a graph from the supplied data. I

Mail::POP3Client

2002-03-20 Thread Octavian Rasnita
Hi all, I try to make a script for downloading the messages from a POP3 server. I tried to use Mail::POP3Client but I've noticed that I don't have it installed. I don't have Mail::Folder either. Do you know where can I download this modules? Thank you. Teddy, My dear email address is [EMAIL

RE: Mail::POP3Client

2002-03-20 Thread Scot Robnett
If you are on Windows, use PPM to install the modules. C:\ ppm PPM interactive shell (2.1.5) - type 'help' for available commands. PPM install Mail::POP3Client If you are on *NIX, you can either download the .tar.gz file(s) off CPAN and make/make install

Re: Camel Book

2002-03-20 Thread Michael Kelly
On 3/20/02 4:29 AM, Octavian Rasnita [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I heard about that famous Camel Book for Perl but I don't know its real name. Please tell me if you know. Thank you. Teddy, Programming Perl, by Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, and Jon Orwant.

Re: existing username

2002-03-20 Thread Teresa Raymond
use CGI; my $q = new CGI; my $formfield1=$q-param('username') my $formfield2=$q-param('password') #INITIALIZE HASH OF FORM VARIABLES my %params = $q-Vars; open (FILE, $filename) || die No such file\n; my @data=FILE; close (FILE); foreach my $i (@data) {chomp($i); my

Re :Camel Book

2002-03-20 Thread Sunish Kapoor
Hi Teddy, Want an HTML version of Programming Perl Second version (Free) . Sunish ;-) - Original Message - From: Michael Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 12:39 AM Subject: Re: Camel Book On 3/20/02 4:29 AM, Octavian Rasnita [EMAIL

RE: multiples http wget in parrallel

2002-03-20 Thread SERRA Yannick - SOP ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] )
LWP::Parallel is a good starting place. ok I will have a look at that that module thank you mr Schwartz ! yannick serra SchlumbergerSema -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Installing my own modules

2002-03-20 Thread Motherofperls
I want to use Image::Size on my site but my Server doesn't have it installed. I've been waiting for them to install it. ## But the reply I recieved from them was : Could you please explain in detail regarding the module Image::Size, I am little bit confused about the

Send attachment (but no MIME)?is it possible

2002-03-20 Thread anthony
Hi, is it possible to have a perl script sending e-mail with attachment without using MIME::Lite since most host don't have MIME::Lite.? Regards Anthony -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Installing modules on website

2002-03-20 Thread Motherofperls
I was reading and came across this code: I put the contents of Image-Size-2.98 under the Image directory. use lib qw(/home/yrkylady/www/cgi-bin/perl/Image); eval(use Image::Size 2.98;); (print(Error: $), exit(-1)) if $; And when I try to open my file I get this error: Error: Can't locate

RE:Installing my own modules

2002-03-20 Thread James Campbell
Hi I want to use Image::Size on my site but my Server doesn't have it installed. Place the module wherever you like (and have permission) eg, /home/your/cgi-bin/modules You can then tell perl to look for modules in that localtion with the following: #!/usr/bin/perl use lib

Re: Installing modules on website

2002-03-20 Thread Jenda Krynicky
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I was reading and came across this code: I put the contents of Image-Size-2.98 under the Image directory. use lib qw(/home/yrkylady/www/cgi-bin/perl/Image); eval(use Image::Size 2.98;); (print(Error: $@), exit(-1)) if $@; And when I try to open

Re: Send attachment (but no MIME)?is it possible

2002-03-20 Thread zentara
On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 13:07:56 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anthony) wrote: is it possible to have a perl script sending e-mail with attachment without using MIME::Lite since most host don't have MIME::Lite.? You could try this script #

Re: Send attachment (but no MIME)?is it possible

2002-03-20 Thread zentara
On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 08:55:11 -0500, zentara [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 13:07:56 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anthony) wrote: is it possible to have a perl script sending e-mail with attachment without using MIME::Lite since most host don't have MIME::Lite.? You could try this

Re: Bit reversal of MAC Address bytes...

2002-03-20 Thread Tom VanCourt
At 09:50 AM 3/19/2002 -0500, Tim Musson wrote: Thanks to all who sent pointers! Here is my code before I put it up as a web page tool (and clean it up and comment it g). comments/suggestions anyone? #!perl -w use strict; use diagnostics; my $debug = yes; my (@mac); my $mac = 0123 6789 cdef;

perl DBI to Mysql , what happens when field I query is blank ?

2002-03-20 Thread FLAHERTY, JIM-CONT
Hello I have redhat 7.1 and mysql , I am trying to query DB of People if there is no record for this person , I want to add them . My problem seams to be what is in query results with it comes back blank here is the code $dbh1 =DBI -connect($data_source, $username, $password) or die cant

Re: DBI really quick question

2002-03-20 Thread Johnathan Kupferer
Hanson, Robert wrote: How do I CREATE a database from within perl with MySQL? I don't think you can... but you can run the mysql interface from the script. Actually I think that you can pipe a list of commands to mysql. Rob If you can get a connection with proper permissions, all you need

RE: perl DBI to Mysql , what happens when field I query is blank ?

2002-03-20 Thread Michael Gargiullo
I may be off on this, but this sounds like a sql issue. The record count being returned is 0 so check on the record count, not if client eq null. -Original Message- From: FLAHERTY, JIM-CONT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 10:55 AM To: Beginners (E-mail)

Votrax text-to-speech synthesizer

2002-03-20 Thread John
I have an old Votrax Type ‘N Talk text-to-speech synthesizer, circa 1982. It connects to a serial port and will accept text strings changing them to speech. I want to experiment with the unit by connecting it to a serial port on my Linux server and send text strings to it via a web page fronting

sockets

2002-03-20 Thread Schelstraete Bart
Gents, Can perl check if a port is up, and if that port immediately exists if you try to connect to it? For example: I have a program running on port 8000. If you telnet to the port (8000), you'll see 'connected to'.and telnet will exist immediately... if that happens then perl

MIME::Lite Query

2002-03-20 Thread Mace, Richard
Hello there, I'm using MIME::Lite to send E-mails out that are generated from a Perl script. I seem to be having problems with the date field. When I hard code a date into the message e.g. $msg = new MIME::Lite From= $from, To = $to, Date=

Re: MIME::Lite Query

2002-03-20 Thread bob ackerman
perhaps you need to single quote the $msg value to prevent interpolation? there are slashes in there, for instance. you might test without the slashes in $msg. On Wednesday, March 20, 2002, at 09:26 AM, Mace, Richard wrote: Hello there, I'm using MIME::Lite to send E-mails out that are

Since when is $_ a read-only variable?

2002-03-20 Thread KEVIN ZEMBOWER
I'm trying to process a list like so: foreach (photoshare, mmc, popline, popline/www, popline/db, netlinks) { $aoutpath = /usr/local/httpd/htdocs/webstats/$_/$$MM; mkdir($aoutpath) unless (-e $aoutpath); print Can't write $aoutpath.\n unless (-w $aoutpath);

Re: Installing modules on website

2002-03-20 Thread Motherofperls
That did the trick thankyou!

Making my own error.logs

2002-03-20 Thread Motherofperls
My new web hosting service at oneononeinternet.com doesn't have error logs for each site. What do I do? Is there a way for me to create my own logs for my perl files?

Re: Making my own error.logs

2002-03-20 Thread Michael Kelly
On 3/20/02 11:05 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My new web hosting service at oneononeinternet.com doesn't have error logs for each site. What do I do? Is there a way for me to create my own logs for my perl files? You could redirect STDERR like this...

Re: Making my own error.logs

2002-03-20 Thread Jenda Krynicky
From: Michael Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 3/20/02 11:05 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My new web hosting service at oneononeinternet.com doesn't have error logs for each site. What do I do? Is there a way for me to create my own logs for my perl files? You could

Re: Since when is $_ a read-only variable?

2002-03-20 Thread Jenda Krynicky
From: KEVIN ZEMBOWER [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm trying to process a list like so: foreach (photoshare, mmc, popline, popline/www, popline/db, netlinks) { The loop control variable (the variable through whichyou access the values in the array you loop over) is actualy an ALIAS to the list/array

RE: Since when is $_ a read-only variable?

2002-03-20 Thread David Gray
I'm trying to process a list like so: foreach (photoshare, mmc, popline, popline/www, popline/db, netlinks) { ... s#/#.#g; system($apath/analog -m +g${acfgpath}/${_}.analog.cfg +F$YY${MM}01 +T$YY${MM}31 +O${aout path}/index.html); } #end for each

Re: MIME::Lite Query

2002-03-20 Thread Jenda Krynicky
From: Mace, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm using MIME::Lite to send E-mails out that are generated from a Perl script. I seem to be having problems with the date field. When I hard code a date into the message e.g. $msg = new MIME::Lite From = $from, To = $to, Date =

Re: Installing my own modules

2002-03-20 Thread Elaine -HFB- Ashton
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] quoth: * *It would be nicer if I knew how to put Image::Size or any other module I want *in my own cgi-bin. *How do I make perl find the modules I upload? http://www.cpan.org/misc/cpan-faq.html#How_install_private e. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL

GD getBounds problem

2002-03-20 Thread Agustin Rivera
I have a problem. The code below creates the error below. I can't see what is wrong with it. I could of swore this code used to work. Any ideas? use GD; use LWP::Simple; use strict; ### GET IMAGE ATTRIBS .. bunch of code that gets an image off the web and writes it to disk successfully ..

RE: Since when is $_ a read-only variable?

2002-03-20 Thread KEVIN ZEMBOWER
Thank you, David, Jenda and Kate for explaining this so clearly. I would have had trouble understanding this on my own. Your explanations were very easy to grasp. I think I found what you're talking about on page 118-119 of Programming Perl 3, although this point seems very subtle. Is there

checking username

2002-03-20 Thread Matthew Harrison
i have a cgi page that allows users to signup for my webmail service, but submitin info to a form that writes to a textfile. I need to get the username after it is submitted, and check it against existing system usernames (/etc/passwd) and sendmail virtual usernames. is this possible? if so,

open(FILE, ) question

2002-03-20 Thread Eric Preece
Hi, I am very new to perl. I am writing a script that is supposed to open an html file and do some various tasks then later on it should print out the html file. I am having problems with one portion of it. I distilled it down to this code snippet == #

Re: open(FILE, ) question

2002-03-20 Thread Agustin Rivera
It's probably because the of the file path. Try specifying the whole path to see if it works. Regards, Agustin Rivera Webmaster, Pollstar.com http://www.pollstar.com - Original Message - From: Eric Preece [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 1:52 PM

Re: open(FILE, ) question

2002-03-20 Thread Jenda Krynicky
From: Eric Preece [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am very new to perl. I am writing a script that is supposed to open an html file and do some various tasks then later on it should print out the html file. I am having problems with one portion of it. I distilled it down to this code snippet

Re: Making my own error.logs

2002-03-20 Thread Elaine -HFB- Ashton
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] quoth: *My new web hosting service at oneononeinternet.com doesn't have error logs *for each site. What do I do? * *Is there a way for me to create my own logs for my perl files? You probably would benefit from buying

RE: directory creation help

2002-03-20 Thread John Marion
Finally worked this one out. There was a version problem. We were tasked to use the version of PERL in NTReskit (5.0.0.1). It does not work with any variation that we came up with or with the ones that this group suggested (thanks!) We have decided to install the stable release and then run

perl infant stage..

2002-03-20 Thread Perl CosmicVoid
Hi! Im a New User to Perl. Ive got Equipped with me a book called Begining Perl by Simon Cozens, its honeslty an Quite an Good Buy! However, after installing Perl from ActiveState, (for Windows) and creating myFirst Hello World Program, im COMPLETELY unable to run it! However, when tried on

RE: perl infant stage..

2002-03-20 Thread Timothy Johnson
I don't see an attachment. Howefver I can give you a few tips to make sure your ActiveState is installed correctly and to launch your script. 1) The #!/usr/bin/perl(or something) line won't do anything in Windows. Make sure that your scripts have a .pl extension, otherwise Windows won't

Finding the date of last sunday

2002-03-20 Thread rory oconnor
Can anyone think of a good way for me to find out what the date of last sunday is with perl? I'm writing a script that will need to do some basic reporting starting from the previous sunday. I'm usign the date format -MM-DD Any help appreciated! Thanks, rory -- To unsubscribe, e-mail:

RE: perl infant stage..

2002-03-20 Thread Perl CosmicVoid
Hi Tim! ThankQ for the Quick reply! i was unable to send the Attachment due to its Size However, i would like to Confirm yes it has that i)YES it has a Yellow Perl icon! my file is called hello1.plx is that ok.. even if i have placed the default..?! or should i go to explorer and

Re: Finding the date of last sunday

2002-03-20 Thread Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan
On Mar 20, rory oconnor said: Can anyone think of a good way for me to find out what the date of last sunday is with perl? I'm writing a script that will need to do some basic reporting starting from the previous sunday. I'm usign the date format -MM-DD I suggest the standard Time::Local

RE: perl infant stage..

2002-03-20 Thread Perl CosmicVoid
Hi! Ive got two different Perl icons now. One Big Perl and another a small perl against a paper backdrop.. the MSDOS program does run, However its a split second thing its zips in front of the eye and disappears.. Please Advise. MaLs.. --- Michael Gargiullo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I

Re: Finding the date of last sunday

2002-03-20 Thread Matt C.
The Date::Manip module can do almost anything you can think of with dates: http://search.cpan.org/doc/SBECK/DateManip-5.40/Manip.pod Have fun, Matt --- rory oconnor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone think of a good way for me to find out what the date of last sunday is with perl? I'm

RE: perl infant stage..

2002-03-20 Thread Timothy Johnson
If you want to see the output, then you should run your script from a command prompt window. If you double-click on it, it will probably go by too quick to read. And yes, I would recommend sticking to .pl extension. I can't remember exactly what .plx is for. -Original Message- From:

Re: perl infant stage..

2002-03-20 Thread Connie Chan
Do you try your script at Browser or at DOS prompt ? If you are dealing with browser, check if the #!C:/Perl/bin/perl.exe ( or other) parameter is set correctly, and if print Content-type:text/html \n\n applied. Of cause, your server setting should also account to your config If you are dealing

Help Required - Search and Replace

2002-03-20 Thread Rajanikanth Dandamudi
All, I have a one big text file and also I have some set of strings to be replaced by another set of strings. Currently, I am reading each line of the file, and replacing one set of strings by another set of strings, one after another. Is there any efficient way of doing this? The data is so

Re: Finding the date of last sunday

2002-03-20 Thread Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan
On Mar 20, rory oconnor said: On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 22:30, Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan wrote: On Mar 20, rory oconnor said: Can anyone think of a good way for me to find out what the date of last sunday is with perl? I'm writing a script that will need to do some basic reporting starting from the

creating file name from array

2002-03-20 Thread GREGOR
hi guys, I'm very new to perl. Ok, let's assume that I have a file named *user.txt* contained with my user name : donna maria karina .. .. .. etc I want to make a file for each of them. The file name and the content should contained with their names, eg. .qmail-donna, .qmail-maria and

Re: creating file name from array

2002-03-20 Thread listperl
Hey Gregor, I use something similar on my box (I use qmail too). This should do what you want it to. #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my @users = qw/ donna maria karina /; foreach my $line (@user){ open OUT, /path/to/dir/.qmail-$line or die $!; print OUT |/usr/local/blah

RE: Finding the date of last sunday

2002-03-20 Thread Wagner-David
You can use probably a number of different modules, but just some simple Perl processing can do the work for you: use Time::Local; # # Put date here, need to subtract one from Month for use in timelocal # Can leave year at 4 digits or take down to 3 digits(ie, 1900 from 4 digit) # my

Re: Finding the date of last sunday

2002-03-20 Thread Peter Scott
At 10:11 PM 3/20/02 -0600, rory oconnor wrote: Can anyone think of a good way for me to find out what the date of last sunday is with perl? I'm writing a script that will need to do some basic reporting starting from the previous sunday. I'm usign the date format -MM-DD $ perl

Re: creating file name from array

2002-03-20 Thread GREGOR
Thank you a lot Luke, it worked. Now there's something else, how do I tell perl to open a file where the /path/to/dir contained with $line? such as : open OUT, /path/to/$line/dir/.qmail-$line or die $!; regards, gregor listperl writes: Hey Gregor, I use something similar on