Should I be using CGI.pm to process forms? I've seen it recommended often. (At this point I'm mainly interested in parsing data from forms - I'm having trouble parsing a POST request that contains a Query String.)

If yes, where's the best place to install it? It sounds like either the server administrator can install it with the Perl program, or I can install it under my domain. Is one method better than the other?

If it makes sense for me to install it under the domain, I'm not clear on how. The instructions say to enter 3 commands for the install - where do I do that? Not on WS_ftp I don't think. Using shell access? (yes, I'm a Perl newbee)

Thanks,
Dean

In reply to Using CGI.pm by Deanimal

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