Thanks for the input.

Sounds like getting the old perl code to work within a new system would be rather difficult. What about this scenario? The people I might do the work for just want to get rid of the ancient machine the .hts files run on. But now they don't want to convert the code to PHP (too much work). They don't know anything about what keeps the files working (Sybase related things) though. Might it be possible to move the code to a Solaris box and have it still function? What pieces are needed in order for the .hts code to work?

Do you think I should I check on CPAN for that Apache module?

Then there's also the other issue of using a mySQL db instead. To me, that doesn't seem to be possible, since all the inline perl code in the hts pages uses special ways of accessing the database. Am I crazy?

Chris

In reply to Re: Re: Help with .hts (sybase "html" files w/inline perl) by chrisgraber
in thread Help with .hts (sybase "html" files w/inline perl) by chrisgraber

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.