In addition to what's been said:

Please use descriptive titles like: "Our Computer Club is Looking For Perl/CGI Tutorials". Although I'm sure for you this is a major emergency, titles like: "Help!", "HELP!!, or your "Need Help Badly!!!" don't really — help — us know what your post is about and can even annoy some of the members.

As for your — problem, spending the hour writing code doesn't sound so bad to me. Is your club expecting to learn Perl and CGI in one hour? If so you're going to be disappointed. It takes a lot longer than that: Teach Yourself to Program in Ten Years.

If all you're going to spend on Perl/CGI (or any other language) is one hour I would say don't bother. Hang out, have a few beers or some coffee. Otherwise, if you — actually — have an interest in learning Perl/CGI for beginners I would try the online chapters of CGI Programming 101 by Jacqueline D. Hamilton

Also, understand that when you ask forum members to write a program for you, you are asking people you never met before to spend time working on your problem, free of charge. Don't you think that's a very big favor to ask considering many here make their living programming?

This is a great place to learn if that's what you're interested in doing.


"...the adversities born of well-placed thoughts should be considered mercies rather than misfortunes." — Don Quixote

In reply to Re: Need Help Badly!!! (Please don't use titles like this.) by luis.roca
in thread Need Help Badly!!! by qbnlnk

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