Re^3: CGI scoping question

Several parameters are being set through classical forms
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This orderby and desc fields are not

If you are sending a form to your script then the parameters in the URL are not available to CGI's param(). You need to use url_param()

my $index = $q->url_param('orderby');
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Re^4: CGI scoping question by WoodyWeaver (Monk) on May 10, 2019 at 18:57 UTC
(Bows head) Fascinating, and an issue I would not have guessed. `http://127.0.0.1/id/bin/example.pl?exec=list&table=users&orderby=10` has lines `my $index_url = $q->url_param('orderby'); my $index = $q->param('orderby'); my $desc_url = $q->url_param('desc'); my $desc = $q->param('desc');` [download] and produces `<!-- variables (index, desc, index_url, desc_url) are (1, , 10, ) -->`. The namespace collision did me in.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^4: CGI scoping question
by WoodyWeaver (Monk) on May 10, 2019 at 18:57 UTC

http://127.0.0.1/id/bin/example.pl?exec=list&table=users&orderby=10

  my $index_url = $q->url_param('orderby');
  my $index = $q->param('orderby');
  my $desc_url = $q->url_param('desc');
  my $desc = $q->param('desc');
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