how do i call a perl script on onClick event of the button

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

I have a button(not of the type submit) on the html form how do i call perl script on the click of that button.
Note: The button is of the type button not submit.

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Re: how do i call a perl script on onClick event of the button by Chady (Priest) on Jun 30, 2001 at 12:14 UTC
not actually Perl related, it's javascript related, and it won't run with JavaScript disabled browsers... your best bet is to use a submit button, other wise, add this to the input tag: `onClick = "self.location='your_perl_script.pl?with=possible&parameters +=passed';"` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: how do i call a perl script on onClick event of the button by mendeepak (Scribe) on Mar 08, 2012 at 12:00 UTC
you can go for JavaScript, Ajax or jquery to actually get through your work faster. Check this link out Ajax Originally posted as a Categorized Answer.	[reply]
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