#!/usr/bin/perl --
use strict;
use warnings;

use WWW::Mechanize;
my @date = ( 18960101, "18960101\n", );

foreach my $date (@date) {
    my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new();
    $mech->agent_alias('Windows IE 6');
    $mech->get("http://bub2.meteo.psu.edu/wxstn/wxstn.htm");
    $mech->form_number(1);
    $mech->field( 'dtg', $date );
    eval { $mech->click(); 1 }
      or print "$@\n", $mech->response->content, "\n";
    print "-=> date => [$date] => ", $mech->status, "\n";

    #        my $file = "c:/perl/scripts/dates/$date.txt";
    #        $mech->save_content($file);
    $mech->back();
}

__END__
-=> date => [18960101] => 200
Error POSTing http://bub2.met.psu.edu/cgi-win/WXDaily.EXE: Internal Er
+ror at 2 line 14

<HTML><HEAD>

<TITLE>Error in /cgi-win/WXDaily.EXE</TITLE>

</HEAD><BODY>

<H1>Error in /cgi-win/WXDaily.EXE</H1>

An internal Visual Basic error has occurred in /cgi-win/WXDaily.EXE.

<PRE>Bad file name or number (error #52)</PRE>

<I>Please</I> note what you were doing when this problem occurred,

so we can identify and correct it. Write down the Web page you were us
+ing,

any data you may have entered into a form or search box, and

anything else that may help us duplicate the problem. Then contact the

administrator of this service: 

<A HREF="mailto:wjs1@psu.edu">

<ADDRESS>&lt;wjs1@psu.edu&gt;</ADDRESS>

</A></BODY></HTML>


-=> date => [18960101
] => 500

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In reply to Re^5: WWW::Mechanize - can't submit each value in an array by Anonymous Monk
in thread WWW::Mechanize - can't submit each value in an array by cheech

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