Re: Buffered STDIN

Not much to go on, but you might want to check that your URL is not growing, like...

http://foo.cgi?name=foo&pwd=bar
http://foo.cgi?name=foo&pwd=bar?name=foo&pwd=bar
http://foo.cgi?name=foo&pwd=bar?name=foo&pwd=bar?name=foo&pwd=bar
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That can happen if your FORM action is not set up properly.

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Re: Buffered STDIN by Sojourner (Initiate) on Jul 18, 2001 at 18:24 UTC
I am using the POST method, so I don't think the growing URL is the problem. Since there are only one or two user inputs, I am also not sure that CGI.pm would we worthwhile. I am quite new and inexperienced with Perl, however, so what do I know? Sojourner	[reply]
Re: Buffered STDIN by Sojourner (Initiate) on Jul 18, 2001 at 19:35 UTC
Thank you all for your input and help! I think I have solved the problem. I have switched to using CGI.pm - Cirollo, you mentioned this - instead of cgi-lib.pl to call the ReadParse sub and now it works properly. You guys have a great place here at PM! Keep up the good work and God bless. Sojourner	[reply]
Re: Re: Buffered STDIN by Sifmole (Chaplain) on Jul 18, 2001 at 19:05 UTC
CGI.pm is generally quite worthwhile. The regularity with which its use is recommended by the knowledgable people of this site and others should give you some thought. Are you using a persistent Perl app? FastCGI, mod_perl, or some-such? You could be having a situation where you are not clearing the input buffer you are reading from. Using CGI would solve that problem.	[reply]