Netscape does not process $ARGV

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

Hello all, I have a question or more of a problem with Netscape NN 4.7 I am in the process of writing a script and when I pass $ARGV to it, it works fine in MSIE 5.0 but not in NN 4.7 Here is a Code Snippet: Link : ############# for example if: $salesperson would be: John Doe $MLS would be: 12345 $display .="$salesperson\n"; process input: ############# $salesperson = $ARGV2; $salesperson =~ s/%20/\ /g; $subject = $ARGV3; $subject =~ s/%20/\ /g; $display .="To : $salesperson
\n"; $display .="Subject : $subject
\n"; As display in MSIE 5.0: To : John Doe Subject : Listing 12345 As displayed in NN 4.7: To : John Subject : I can't figure out why it won't display correctly as it does for MSIE. Anybody who can help I appreciate it. Mike Lessar To gain knowledge one must study, To gain wisdom one must observe.

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RE: Netscape does not process $ARGV by BigJoe (Curate) on Aug 09, 2000 at 17:53 UTC
This looks like a very quick MS space problem. IE can handle spaces in the query string but Netscape needs %20 for each space `$querystring = ~s/ /%20/g;` [download] --BigJoe Learn patience, you must. Young PerlMonk, craves Not these things.	[reply] [d/l]
(kudra: or you could say IE breaks the standard) RE: Netscape does not process $ARGV by kudra (Vicar) on Aug 09, 2000 at 18:49 UTC
I just wanted to add the following from the RFC 2396 list of excluded US-ASCII Characters: "The space character is excluded because significant spaces may disappear and insignificant spaces may be introduced when URI are transcribed or typeset or subjected to the treatment of word-processing programs. Whitespace is also used to delimit URI in many contexts." So it's a matter of debate whether this is a Netscape problem or an IE problem.	[reply]
Re: Netscape does not process $ARGV by ar0n (Priest) on Aug 09, 2000 at 17:58 UTC
Use <code></code> tags for posting code. I normally wouldn't bother, but since i'm bored, here's the code somewhat cleaned up: for example if: $salesperson would be John Doe, and $MLS would be 12345 `$display .= "<a href="$ENV{SCRIPT_NAME}?mail&nmsg&".$salesperson."&Lis +ting$MLS\">$salesperson</a>\n"; ### process input: $salesperson = $ARGV[2]; $salesperson =~ s/%20/ /g; $salesperson =~ s/\+/ /g $subject = $ARGV[3]; $subject =~ s/%20/ /g; $subject =~ s/\+/ /g $display .= "<b>To: $salesperson<br></b>\n"; $display .= "<b>Subject: $subject<br></b>\n";` [download] As display in MSIE 5.0: `To: John Doe Subject: Listing 12345` [download] As displayed in NN 4.7: `To: John Subject:` [download] To gain knowledge one must study, Then study this, this and this. To gain wisdom one must observe. Then do so. -- ar0n \| Just Another Perl Joe	[reply] [d/l] [select]
RE: Netscape does not process $ARGV by t0mas (Priest) on Aug 09, 2000 at 18:00 UTC
You'll need to escape all spaces in the $display string before sending it to the browser. NS can't handle spaces in query strings. /brother t0mas	[reply]
Re: Netscape does not process $ARGV by Backdraft (Initiate) on Aug 09, 2000 at 21:01 UTC
Thank you my masters, for I will learn in the future. You humble follower Backdraft	[reply]