rashichauhan has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Dear all..I have to connect a html page http://metexplore.toulouse.inra.fr/metexplore/index.php/2011-06-06-14-41-10/choke-point-reactions Now this is page is having drop down box whose name is "org" and i have to select Acinetobacter baumanniifrom from this drop down list .how to do that?I have written a code but it is not working. 
use strict;
use WWW::Mechanize;
use HTTP::Cookies;
my $outfile = "out1.htm";
my $url = "http://metexplore.toulouse.inra.fr/metexplore/index.php/201
+1-06-06-14-41-

10/choke-point-reactions";
my $name = "org";
#my $value="Bacillus anthracis(Strain:Ames Ancestor)MicroCyc";
my $value="1";
my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new();
$mech->cookie_jar(HTTP::Cookies->new());
 $mech->get($url);
$mech->form_name('form');
$mech->select($name, $value);

#$mech->select("select", $select);
#$mech->select("$select", 1);
$mech->click();
#$mech->follow_link(text => "click here", n => 1);    
my $output_page = $mech->content();
open(OUTFILE, ">$outfile");
print OUTFILE "$output_page";
close(OUTFILE);

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plz help me!!

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Re: question regarding perl mechanize module
by mtmcc (Hermit) on Jul 27, 2013 at 08:25 UTC
    Have you tried this?

    As an aside, it's worth adding use warnings as a general rule...

    I hope that helps.

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Re: question regarding perl mechanize module
by Anonymous Monk on Jul 27, 2013 at 08:35 UTC

    I have written a code but it is not working.

    Did you really write that code? In what way is it not working? Where do things go wrong?

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      $agent->field("cboProject", $project); I have check this page.. but i do not know..what is "cboproject" and $project. I have a dropdownbox whose name is "org" and i have to select a value "bacillus anthracis " from it". how to proceed?Plz help me!!
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