Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Could anyone tell me how to run a perl script through javascript on a JSP page. Thanks.

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Re: Running a Perl script...
by eak (Monk) on Aug 07, 2000 at 21:22 UTC
    I am not sure if this is what you are looking for, but Dan Steinman has some excellent JavaScript examples that detail CGI Communication with JavaScript. The coolest thing about DS's code is this:
    // Copyright (C) 1999 Dan Steinman // Distributed under the terms of the GNU Library General Public Licen +se // Available at http://www.dansteinman.com/dynapi/
    Only guy that I have seen GPL his JavaScript. Now you can 'View -> Source' without feeling guilty about stealing code. --eric
Re: Running a Perl script...
by cwest (Friar) on Aug 07, 2000 at 20:29 UTC
    I've got the javascript one!
    You can't.
    I haven't done JSP ( I live for mod_perl ), but I bet it looks something ( not ) like this:
    Output = Your.OperatingSystem.Shell[0].RunThisCommand( 'perl program.p +l' ).Output;
    Enjoy!
    --
    Casey