In my CGI/Mod Perl applications I use an action variable to direct my program to do what needs to be done. i.e.

A few more things:

How come the submit button(s) of the form isn't enough to decide what to donext? That, in conjunction with HTTP_REFERER are enough in most cases. It keeps your dispatch table down to do dimensions. One dimension is the value of the action and the other is the value of the REFERER.

I wonder why you had to present such an unrealistic example in your initial post. Can you supply us with a real-word example of your case-based form dispatch?

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In reply to Re: CGI/Mod Perl Application Design philosophy - which way do we go? by princepawn
in thread CGI/Mod Perl Application Design philosophy - which way do we go? by BMaximus

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