AM, Here's a list that may help:

• CGI:
  • if your cgi is written is perl - on topic
  • if your cgi is written in php or vb or c or ruby or anything other than perl - off topic
• HTML:
  • if your HTML is constructed with perl - on topic
  • if your HTML is constructed with php or vb or c or ruby or anything other than perl - off topic
• MYSQL:
  • if your talking about C-CRUD (connect, create retrieve, update, or delete) with perl - on topic
  • if your talking about C-CRUD (connect, create retrieve, update, or delete) with php or vb or c or ruby or anything other than perl - off topic
• APACHE:
  • if your talking about mod_perl - on topic
  • if your talking about mod_php, or mod_vb (yikes) or mod_ruby or anything other than mod_perl - off topic

You see the pattern here?

• SUBJECT:
  • If perl is somewhere in the mix - it's on topic
  • If perl is not somewhere in the mix - it's off topic

That being said, I have to say a lot of OT subjects will yield decent answers and less chastising if 1) you mark it as OT and 2) you ask the question effectively.

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