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Looks like you're going to want to investigate:

Getting CGI parameters (look at the CGI.pm module);

file permissions, locking, etc.;

sending mail (possibly, if you want to send the form through mail) (look at Mail::Mailer, Mail::Sendmail, Net::SMTP).

Look at the CGI reference section on perl.com. You may also want to look at The Idiot's Guide to Solving Perl CGI Problems.

You need to decide how you want to store the form on the server. In a file? In a database? If the latter, take a look at DBI.

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RE: Re: Where to start to work with HTML forms?
by Anonymous Monk on Mar 04, 2000 at 09:24 UTC
    I have d/l'd the CGI.pm module (with documentation) Not sure about "locking" No, I'm sending this to a server (no email) and into a database of some sort (ok, i see an O'Reilly on DBI but according to the preface I should be at a lower level (bought "Learning Perl", another O'Reilly). I will investigate The CGI reference section on perl.com and went through The Idiot's Guide to Solving Perl CGI Problems. Thanks Monk. Respectfully, Peter (aka Pumpkinhead) p.s. The submit button for this reply form is written "stumbit". Is that on purpose?