The best source of CGI info is on the perl.com website- follow the "How do I write CGI scripts?" link. As usual the best way to learn is to practice a few scripts.

Also, if you are entering a lot of data you might want to include some simple javascript to check the information before sending to the server. I have found this to be a useful tool. There is tonnes of info for this on the web and will make the CGI stuff simpler, since you know exactly what ranges of values you will be receiving.

It seems much more difficult than it actually is! Good Luck.

In reply to Re: Re: Form to let web user input their own data to another page by murphya
in thread Form to let web user input their own data to another page by mrsym2

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