I have written similar things, and on a small scale i find HTML::Template to work very well. Now, if it is of larger scale, maybe HTML::Mason, or one of the many other Template systems will be needed.

I understand that holding the data in the database in XML format will give you more flexability, and i suggest the always good XML::Writer and XML::Parser for all of your XML needs. I do implore you though, please spend as much time as you can on the XML design, because if you do not, all of the flexability that XML promisses in this buzzword-tastic world will be lost.

Other than that, i will not post a complete template/DBI/CGI solution here, but would feel better if you use the information above to make an educated decision when start to write the code.

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In reply to Re: Movie-database (mysql) with browser interface by MZSanford
in thread Movie-database (mysql) with browser interface by khippy

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