Re: mysql and cgi

2001-11-04 Thread paco anubis
I finally got the following few lines of code to work: $userdb=$feilds{'user'}; $rows=$dbh->do ("INSERT INTO bandbook (user, ect, ect, ...) VALUES(?,?,?,?,?,?,?)", undef, $userdb, 'ect', 'ect', ) || die "fucked up inserting data: $DBI::errstr"; print "$rows row(s) added to ba

Re: mysql and cgi

2001-11-03 Thread Jason Wong
On Saturday 03 November 2001 04:26, paco anubis wrote: > Hello, > I started learning Perl 4 weeks ago and mysql 3 days > ago so I know that I am in over my head, but here goes > nothing. I am trying to build a Perl CGI application > (using DBI) to pass form contents from a web page > directly int

Re: mysql and cgi

2001-11-02 Thread paco anubis
oops, I meant to type Perl for 4 weeks, I am using version Perl 5.6.0 --- Michael Ayres <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Paco, > > If I could make a suggestion... I think you'll be > much happier using a > newer version of perl than 4. With perl 5 and up > you get to use the > wonderful featur

Re: mysql and cgi

2001-11-02 Thread Michael Ayres
Hi Paco, If I could make a suggestion... I think you'll be much happier using a newer version of perl than 4. With perl 5 and up you get to use the wonderful features of DBI (Perl's database interface module) and DBD (database drivers such as the one for Mysql). Not without saying you'll g