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Am I a LAMP programmer?

Linux, Apache, Mysql, Perl.....

90% of my work for years now has been:

• have a hosting account set up on a *nix box running Apache
• design and create a Mysql database to house the project's data
• the data is in a text file, so write a Perl script to parse the file and populate the db
• write a browser-based user interface in HTML, CSS and Javascript (may be combined into some DHTML for menus); make basic buttons and backgrounds myself, use graphic artist for more involved design
• write Perl cgi-scripts for the interace buttons or forms to call
• the Perl uses DBI to query/insert/whatever the Mysql database
• using a templating tool, Perl dynamically outputs results, either in a report or as more UI pages directing user to further refined queries
• other optional output formats generated by Perl scripts: as Excel spreadsheet using WriteExcel, as RTF for printing
• report may be output as a datastream to a client-side VBA application for auto-generation of Microsoft documents (Word, Excel, PPT) - all VBA also of my creation.

I'm not the server admin - just a user.

So - am I?

Thanks.

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In reply to LAMP: I think, therefore maybe I am. by punch_card_don

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