in reply to reading anchor tags references

Change the code to:

<td><a href="http://localhost/DailyReport.cgi?dateIWant=2005-10-15"> +2005-10-15</a></td>

And read/untaint the variable value.

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Re^2: reading anchor tags references
by pdl_babu (Initiate) on Oct 18, 2005 at 15:50 UTC
    I tried this, but could not get the information "2005-10-15" to my dailyreport.cgi. can u help
      What does your dailyreport.cgi script look like?

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      Have you placed your cgi script inside "localhost/cgi-bin"? If so change the path name inside href as http://localhost/cgi-bin/DailyReport.cgi and follow InfiniteSilence code. Cheers --C