my $url = 'http://www.csbio.sjtu.edu.cn/bioinf/MemBrain/';
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<form name="myform" action="/cgi-bin/MEMBRAIN.cgi" method="post" onSub
+mit="javascript: return checkform();">
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> Sorry Rolf, I am a bit confused. In my script, I write:
'my $url = 'http://www.csbio.sjtu.edu.cn/bioinf/MemBrain/';'

That's not the code you showed us.

> and, in the source of the page I see:
<form name="myform" action="/cgi-bin/MEMBRAIN.cgi" method="post" onSubmit="javascript: return checkform();">

you are confusing two things:

1. the static page you open in your browser to see the form
2. the CGI you can submit your form parameters to.
Which one do you want to mechanize? I can't tell.

Cheers Rolf
_{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery}

I guess this is where I am confused, as to what do I need to specify in the URL so I can force the page to run using my data. I thought it was enough to put:


my $url = 'http://www.csbio.sjtu.edu.cn/bioinf/MemBrain/';
my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new (timeout=>1000);
$mech->post($url);
#$mech->get($url);
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but it fails to run with the error: Error POSTing http://www.csbio.sjtu.edu.cn/cgi-bin/MEMBRAIN.cgi: Internal Server Error or Error GETing http://www.csbio.sjtu.edu.cn/cgi-bin/MEMBRAIN.cgi: Internal Server Error
I even tried: my $url=http://www.csbio.sjtu.edu.cn/cgi-bin/MEMBRAIN.cgi, still error...

Also, this one does not point somewhere: http://www.csbio.sjtu.edu.cn/bioinf/MemBrain/cgi-bin/MEMBRAIN.cgi --> The requested URL /bioinf/MemBrain/cgi-bin/MEMBRAIN.cgi was not found on this server.

It's

http://www.csbio.sjtu.edu.cn/cgi-bin/MEMBRAIN.cgi

for the form's CGI!

... but without submitted form parameters it'll only return an error.

Cheers Rolf
_{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery}