I recently took over a perl project and am not familiar with Perl. Any help would be appreciated?
I need to ask a question for confirmation ( whether they chose to delete data or not ) when clicking on a button. My understanding is that you can not achieve this with Perl. How do I allow a popup asking a question for confirmation.
Here is my code: 
 <%= $delete_all_skills->input( -form=>$form, -label=>'cancel', -value
+=>"Delete All Skills", -javascript=>$question_javascript ) %>

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my $question_javascript = 'onclick="askdata()"';

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<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
function askData() {
doyou = confirm("Are you sure you want to delete ALL the skills? (OK =
+ Yes   Cancel = No)"); //Your question.
if (doyou == true)
alert("All your skills have been deleted"); //If your question is answ
+ered Yes.
else
if (doyou == false)
alert("Your skills have not been deleted"); //If your question is answ
+ered No.

</SCRIPT>


return( askdata );
}

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edited: Wed May 14 17:10:29 by jeffa - title change (was: asking questions)

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