[prog] more CGI programming

[Patricia Fraser]

Hi all,

I'd like to join in on this thread, if it won't cause any problems or 
confusion - I'm writing a free software app with a friend, and cgi 
stuff is at the heart of it. We're learning, slowly, but me being new 
to perl I keep running into roadblocks (my friend is doing the HTML and 
SQL stuff, she's not ready for Perl!). If it would be any help to you, 
Dan, maybe I could post some of the code we've got so far, with some of 
the questions we currently have? My code is commented like crazy, so I 
don't forget why I did things! We have some helpers offlist, which is 
why I haven't posted any questions here before.

The app in question is a documentation program for small enterprises 
who export live seafood. We decided to use a LAMP (Linux, Apache, 
MySQL, Perl) setup for it so that it can be used on a single 
workstation, or a network, or over the net. We're using Mozilla as the 
browser. 

Basically, we set up a database in MySQL, and the app's job is to allow 
data entry and update, print invoices and packing lists in various 
formats, keep a (very) basic inventory and output a set of reports. 

What do people think?

Cheers,
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Trish Fraser, Sunbury, Australia
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