4. Why is this ? If I were to enable carp(fatalsToBrowsers) then obviously a content type header is required first... or is it just to make sure something is printed if the script dies ? I have an error handling subroutine, which prints headers...

As long as you have a guaranteed way of getting a content type header out first, you're O.K.

5. I was initially using [CGI methods to emit HTML], but prefered the output I could generate with raw print commands... I guess it's what you're used to... any immediate advantages, CGI.pm over raw HTML ?

If templating is overkill for you, and if you can emit code by hand that suites your needs, then do so. Some people find that using CGI methods makes it easier to generate correct HTML. If you're going to stick this hand-generated HTML, consider carefully the snippet that jeffa provides elsewhere in this thread.

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Voting script using MySQL and DBI by dws
in thread Voting script using MySQL and DBI by lagrenouille

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