dumping C output to a variable or text file..

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Hello... We are running a Perl script that we're trying to get working correctly. It supposed to be running a C script half way through which will retrieve all records in a database. We would like the records to be in a variable or text file that we could read from. We tried using open, exec, system..all of them.. The script using Open works on the server (in telnet), but not in the browser???? when trying to print the variable in the browser its blank. Any Ideas? Thanks -Mike

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Re: dumping C output to a variable or text file.. by MZSanford (Curate) on Dec 03, 2002 at 17:40 UTC
Please, make a small exmaple program, which exibits the same problem, and post that in <code> tags. Without that, we will all be guessing. from the frivolous to the serious	[reply]
Re: dumping C output to a variable or text file.. by rdfield (Priest) on Dec 04, 2002 at 10:24 UTC
Why do you need to use C to retrieve data from a database? I presume you must have (as yet unexplained) some very good reasons for not using DBI? rdfield	[reply]