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in thread How to deal with multiple functions served from only one input field?

++ to you ig.

Firstly. Please let me apologize for creating such a jumbled mess of a question. :(

Secondly. Thank you very much for your offered solutions.

While it was my intention to use just one form field to process either type of request. My posted attempts came from 2 different scripts. Because I haven't been able to figure out how to splice them together. Hence my question, and the confusing examples -- sorry.

OK I ran your first example up the flag pole. Here's the whole thing (note I haven't yet attempted to finalize the IP portion): 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use warnings;
use CGI;
use Net::Whois::Raw;
use Net::Whois::ARIN;

$Net::Whois::Raw::OMIT_MSG = 1;
$Net::Whois::Raw::CACHE_TIME = 1;
$Net::Whois::Raw::TIMEOUT = 8;

my $q = new CGI;
my $domname = $q->param("domname");
my $ip = $q->param("ip");

print "content-type:text/html; charset=utf-8\n\n";
print qq(<!DOCTYPE html>
<head><title>igwhois</title></head><body>);
print qq(<form method="post" action="/igwhois.cgi">
<fieldset>
    <label for="domname">Domain: </label><input type="text" name="domn
+ame" /><br />
    <label for="ip">IP: </label><input type="text" name="ip" />
</fieldset>
</form>);    
    
if (!$domname) {
    print "";
} else {
    my $text = get_whois($domname, undef, "QRY_LAST");
print qq(<pre>);
    print $text;
print qq(</pre>);
}


my $w = Net::Whois::ARIN->new(
    host    => 'whois.arin.net',
    port    => 43,
    timeout => 30,
);

if (!$ip) {
    print "";
} else {
    my @records = $w->network($ip);
    foreach my $net (@records)  {
        # print ...;
    }
}
print qq(</body></html>);

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Sadly. Entering a domain name in the top field, and hitting enter, does nothing. It doesn't even post a query.
However. If I comment out the ip text field, and try it again. It works.
???

In a sick sort of way; this is refreshing. As I attempted a similar solution to the one you provided, and it reacted exactly the same.
So I don't feel quite so stupid now -- which is not to imply you are.

I'll take a shot at your second example, and see if I can get that one to work

Thank you again, ig, For all your time, and effort! I really appreciate it.

--Chris

#!/usr/bin/perl -Tw
use Perl::Always or die;
my $perl_version = (5.12.5);
print $perl_version;
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Re^3: How to deal with multiple functions served from only one input field?
by ig (Vicar) on Nov 15, 2013 at 10:13 UTC
    Sadly. Entering a domain name in the top field, and hitting enter, does nothing. It doesn't even post a query. However. If I comment out the ip text field, and try it again. It works. ???

    If you add a submit button, then Enter will submit the form even if there are multiple text inputs, at least in Firefox 25.0 (the only browser I tested). Without a submit button, Enter submits the form only if there is a single text input but doesn't submit the form if there are multiple text inputs.

    The following works for me:

    #!/strawberry/perl/bin/perl.exe

use strict;
use warnings;
use CGI;
use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);
use Net::Whois::Raw;
use Net::Whois::ARIN;

$Net::Whois::Raw::OMIT_MSG = 1;
$Net::Whois::Raw::CACHE_TIME = 1;
$Net::Whois::Raw::TIMEOUT = 8;

my $q = new CGI;
my $domname = $q->param("domname");
my $ip = $q->param("ip");

print "content-type:text/html; charset=utf-8\n\n";
print qq(<!DOCTYPE html>
<head><title>igwhois</title></head><body>);


print qq(
<form method="post">
<fieldset>
    <label for="domname">Domain: </label><input type="text" name="domn
+ame" /><br />
    <label for="ip">IP: </label><input type="text" name="ip" />
</fieldset>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
);    

    
if (!$domname) {
    print "";
} else {
    my $text = get_whois($domname, undef, "QRY_LAST");
print qq(<pre>);
    print $text;
print qq(</pre>);
}


my $w = Net::Whois::ARIN->new(
    host    => 'whois.arin.net',
    port    => 43,
    timeout => 30,
);

if (!$ip) {
    print "";
} else {
    my $text = $w->query("n + $ip");
    print qq(<pre>);
    print $text;
    print qq(</pre>);
}
print qq(</body></html>);

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      "If you add a submit button, then Enter will submit the form even if there are multiple text inputs, at least in Firefox 25.0 (the only browser I tested)."

      Of course! Because the form becomes an <ISINDEX> without it. I can be such an IDIOT, sometimes. Now I feel stupid again. Thanks alot ig. :)

      Seriously; thanks. I appreciate your pointing out what should have been obvious. This is the problem I stated earlier; I sometimes have an acute knack of making something extremely simple, a needlesslycomplex problem in my head. :P

      +'s to you again. Thank you very much, for your help, ig.

      --Chris

      #!/usr/bin/perl -Tw
use Perl::Always or die;
my $perl_version = (5.12.5);
print $perl_version;
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