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This is a basic CGI qn I'm sure, but I don't know how to make it work.

I've got 2 forms, A & B, both of which work fine standalone (and both have a submit button). What I need to do is call B from A, passing a couple of params.
If I do this by adding B's code to the file containing A's code, or putting B in a perl module (my pref as there will be about 25 different form Bs to call) & clicking A's submit, then form B comes up fine and (in update mode) fills the fields from the DB.
However, ctrl seems to pass back to the calling form A in the background, such that when I click the submit button on form B (which is displayed), it actions the form A submit button, so the form B is not actioned(!).
I also tried using system() or exec() instead, but they just fail with 'unexpected end of headers' and don't even load B.

FYI, I'm using CGI::FormBuilder, but I believe this is a generic CGI qn; how do you use multiple forms, each with their own submit (pref separate code files for each)?

Cheers
Chris

In reply to Basic CGI: 2 forms, 2 submits by chrism01

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