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Today's topics:
Re: ANSI Perl: No Way !!! <danny@lennon.postino.com>
Re: ANSI Perl: No Way !!! <gellyfish@gellyfish.com>
Re: ANSI Perl: No Way !!! <derek@ooc.com.au>
Build error in module IO <chahn@eleganceintime.com>
Re: Build error in module IO <chahn@eleganceintime.com>
Re: Check out www.SmartCGIs.com (Tad McClellan)
Re: Check out www.SmartCGIs.com <rootbeer@redcat.com>
checkboxes and CGI <ceebb@cee.hw.ac.uk>
Re: checkboxes and CGI <uri@sysarch.com>
Re: DSN-less connection - How To? <tfbiv@SPAMMENOTerols.com>
Re: Dummy Variable avoidance (Craig Berry)
Re: Dummy Variable avoidance (Tad McClellan)
Re: excluding certain domains in e-mails <rootbeer@redcat.com>
Re: Finding repeated words -- e.g. the the <rootbeer@redcat.com>
Re: how to check for integer? <gellyfish@gellyfish.com>
Re: how to check for integer? (Tad McClellan)
Re: How to make a stand-alone exe ?? <catzNOcaSPAM@mad.scientist.com.invalid>
Re: Larry Rosler interview on perl.com! <lr@hpl.hp.com>
Re: Perl Logo? <jquiroga@pobox.com>
Perl modules and memory <jasonb885@my-deja.com>
Re: Perl modules and memory <rootbeer@redcat.com>
Perl on IIS? <raphaelp@nr1webresource.com>
Perl on IIS? <raphaelp@nr1webresource.com>
Re: Perl on IIS? (jason)
Re: Remote Scripting Critique <gellyfish@gellyfish.com>
Re: SCRIPT WRITERS HELP NEEDED <rootbeer@redcat.com>
Re: textfile reading template <rootbeer@redcat.com>
Re: Why /\b\+\b\ matches "x+y" but not "++" or "+"? <uri@sysarch.com>
Re: Windows<->Macintosh character set translation <rootbeer@redcat.com>
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Date: 11 Jun 2000 21:12:32 GMT
From: <danny@lennon.postino.com>
Subject: Re: ANSI Perl: No Way !!!
Message-Id: <8i0vc0$1jg$1@lennon.postino.com>
User-Agent: tin/1.4.2-20000205 ("Possession") (UNIX) (Linux/2.2.14-5.0 (i586))
Elaine Ashton <elaine@chaos.wustl.edu> wrote:
> in article 6v87ks0181g18c334927ju4hb2mtnfduq8@4ax.com, Dave Cross at
> dave@dave.org.uk quoth:
>> Er... you _do_ know that Selena Sol is, in fact, a man called Eric
>> Tachibana[1] - and, judging by his public scripts, his Perl skills are
>> not exactly top of the class.
> What I am beginning to find interesting is the number of men who take on
> female names and characters around the Perl community. It's interesting as
> I've not seen it anywhere else though admittedly I've not looked that hard.
> I wonder what Freud would have to say...
I believe Selena Sol was actually a reverse of Los Angeles with a twist.
--
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Date: 11 Jun 2000 23:41:52 +0100
From: Jonathan Stowe <gellyfish@gellyfish.com>
Subject: Re: ANSI Perl: No Way !!!
Message-Id: <8i14jg$s29$1@orpheus.gellyfish.com>
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000 18:12:54 +0200 Thoren Johne wrote:
> Elaine Ashton <elaine@chaos.wustl.edu> wrote in message
> news:B5692989.5F04%elaine@chaos.wustl.edu...
>
>> What I am beginning to find interesting is the number of men who
>> take on female names and characters around the Perl community. It's
>> interesting as I've not seen it anywhere else though admittedly I've
>> not looked that hard. I wonder what Freud would have to say...
>
> perhaps that female perl trolls prefer to use male names? ;)
>
Er, sorry ? This is precisely opposite to the point Elaine was making.
I dont believe anyones gender, or the gender that they portray themselves
as, is important here; nor are any of the other things that might
arbitrarily distinguish any individual from another except for the quality
of their utterances here.
Please dont engage in this nonsense, it doesnt serve the cause.
/J\
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Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 10:33:51 +1000
From: Derek Thomson <derek@ooc.com.au>
Subject: Re: ANSI Perl: No Way !!!
Message-Id: <39442FEF.14DE2692@ooc.com.au>
"Godzilla!" wrote:
>
> Derek Thomson wrote:
> > Bart Latter wrote:
> > > Godzilla! wrote:
>
> That's it boy? The best intellectual responses
> with which you can come up, are childish personal
> insults and name calling?
>
> Heh!
>
> Yeah, I would say that's about all you can get up.
And *this* is *your* best intellectual response? How ironic, but I'm
sure you will have some excuse for why you are allowed to be childish.
Besides, I didn't insult anyone, and your reply fits the pattern
perfectly. If you are not a 'bot, then please stop wasting your life
being a troll. Seriously. One day you will look back on all those wasted
hours and wish that you had done something worthwhile with them.
Regards,
Derek
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Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 16:37:02 -0700
From: Christopher Hahn <chahn@eleganceintime.com>
Subject: Build error in module IO
Message-Id: <3944229E.B772FCB@eleganceintime.com>
Hello,
(Thanks to all for the array slice pointer)
Well, in order to use the Napster module
sample from TPJ I needed to install the
threaded version of perl.
I decided to use this occasion to upgrade from
5.00503 to 5.6 with threads.
The build went fine, but I find that rebuilding all
the modules that I had added to my system in the
past has run into problems.
For the module IO-1.20, I found that the "perl Makefile.PL"
stage like my setup, but the following "make all" failed with
this error:
========================
[chahn@lazarus IO-1.20]$ make all
cc -c -D_REENTRANT -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include
-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2 -DVERSION=\"1.20\"
-DXS_VERSION=\"1.20\" -fpic
-I/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i586-linux-thread/CORE -DI_POLL IO.c
In file included from
/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i586-linux-thread/CORE/perl.h:24,
from IO.xs:9:
/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i586-linux-thread/CORE/config.h:2306:
warning: `I_POLL' redefined
*Initialization*:1: warning: this is the location of the previous
definition
IO.xs: In function `XS_IO__Seekable_getpos':
IO.xs:208: `sv_undef' undeclared (first use in this function)
IO.xs:208: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
IO.xs:208: for each function it appears in.)
IO.xs: In function `XS_IO__File_new_tmpfile':
IO.xs:252: `sv_undef' undeclared (first use in this function)
make: *** [IO.o] Error 1
========================
Now does this indicate that I need a new version of this module?
(I will look...)
Or that I am seeing a failure of the threaded version of perl?
Christopher
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Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 17:01:13 -0700
From: Christopher Hahn <chahn@eleganceintime.com>
Subject: Re: Build error in module IO
Message-Id: <39442848.788BA98B@eleganceintime.com>
Hello,
Afterthought: I am running Redhat Linux on a Pentium-233
using kernel 2.2.5-15.
Thanks,
Christopher
Christopher Hahn wrote:
> Hello,
>
> (Thanks to all for the array slice pointer)
>
> Well, in order to use the Napster module
> sample from TPJ I needed to install the
> threaded version of perl.
>
> I decided to use this occasion to upgrade from
> 5.00503 to 5.6 with threads.
>
> The build went fine, but I find that rebuilding all
> the modules that I had added to my system in the
> past has run into problems.
>
> For the module IO-1.20, I found that the "perl Makefile.PL"
> stage like my setup, but the following "make all" failed with
> this error:
> ========================
> [chahn@lazarus IO-1.20]$ make all
> cc -c -D_REENTRANT -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include
> -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2 -DVERSION=\"1.20\"
> -DXS_VERSION=\"1.20\" -fpic
> -I/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i586-linux-thread/CORE -DI_POLL IO.c
> In file included from
> /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i586-linux-thread/CORE/perl.h:24,
> from IO.xs:9:
> /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i586-linux-thread/CORE/config.h:2306:
> warning: `I_POLL' redefined
> *Initialization*:1: warning: this is the location of the previous
> definition
> IO.xs: In function `XS_IO__Seekable_getpos':
> IO.xs:208: `sv_undef' undeclared (first use in this function)
> IO.xs:208: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> IO.xs:208: for each function it appears in.)
> IO.xs: In function `XS_IO__File_new_tmpfile':
> IO.xs:252: `sv_undef' undeclared (first use in this function)
> make: *** [IO.o] Error 1
> ========================
>
> Now does this indicate that I need a new version of this module?
> (I will look...)
>
> Or that I am seeing a failure of the threaded version of perl?
>
> Christopher
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Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 19:14:58 -0400
From: tadmc@metronet.com (Tad McClellan)
Subject: Re: Check out www.SmartCGIs.com
Message-Id: <slrn8k87bi.5m3.tadmc@magna.metronet.com>
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000 21:35:41 GMT, Jimmy <xpassx@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Check out http://www.smartcgis.com for some unique cgi scripts for your
>site.
All readers beware of getting and running code from folks
who have demonstrated a lack of ethics as "Jimmy" has.
Spammers should not be trusted.
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Fort Worth, Texas
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Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 17:50:50 -0700
From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@redcat.com>
Subject: Re: Check out www.SmartCGIs.com
Message-Id: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10006111748120.10286-100000@user2.teleport.com>
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Jimmy wrote:
> Check out http://www.smartcgis.com for some unique cgi scripts for
> your site.
"Unique"? What, you couldn't come up with any better adjective?
But I downloaded one of the free ones, and if it's at all representative,
there's not much good to say about those scripts. It didn't use warnings,
didn't use 'use strict', didn't use CGI.pm (and mis-parses form data with
its botched code), uses only global variables - and that was just in the
first couple of screenfuls of text before I quit reading.
Oh, well!
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Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 20:30:09 GMT
From: Brian Booden <ceebb@cee.hw.ac.uk>
Subject: checkboxes and CGI
Message-Id: <sk7tmh8gh51103@corp.supernews.com>
In a CGI script, i am dynamically creating names for checkboxes using a
counter i.e. calling it box$i where $i is my counter. This works fine,
but i cant find a way to retrieve it after being passed to the newly
created CGI object:
for ($w=0;$w < $thismany;$w++)
{
$check = $q->param('res$w');
print $check;
}
This loop is supposed to reallocate the checkbox values one by one into
$check, but when i run the script i get a blank screen. My problem is
that the $q->param('res$w') call doesnt seem to like me putting a perl
varible inside the param() part. Is there anyway i can regenerate these
checkbox numbers again, because i am stumped.
Thanks,
Brian booden
ceebb@cee.hw.ac.uk
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Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 23:42:47 GMT
From: Uri Guttman <uri@sysarch.com>
Subject: Re: checkboxes and CGI
Message-Id: <x7bt17aio9.fsf@home.sysarch.com>
>>>>> "BB" == Brian Booden <ceebb@cee.hw.ac.uk> writes:
BB> $check = $q->param('res$w');
^ ^
you need to learn more about quoting. those should be double
quotes. read perldata for more.
uri
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Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 18:10:15 -0400
From: Tom Bates <tfbiv@SPAMMENOTerols.com>
Subject: Re: DSN-less connection - How To?
Message-Id: <ah38ks4uupt5orjth9saudcsvqbnfd3oat@4ax.com>
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000 11:42:27 -0700, Jeff Zucker <jeff@vpservices.com>
wrote:
>
>
>Tom Bates wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 10 Jun 2000 12:50:50 -0700, Jeff Zucker <jeff@vpservices.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Tom Bates wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I'm currently using the DBI and DBD-ODBC modules to connect to a
>> >> Microsoft Access database on an NT server. Is there a way to set up a
>> >> DSN-less connection with DBI? Or a way to specify the filename on the
>> >> connection (which can be done in a VB program by specifying extended
>> >> attributes)?
>> >
>> >This URL is oriented to ADO, but the DSN-less connections it shows work
>> >with DBD-ODBC also:
>> >
>> >http://www.able-consulting.com/ADO_Conn.htm#ODBCDSN-LessConnections
>>
>> The samples on this page appear to be VB or VBScript. Does anyone know
>> how to code this in perl's DBI:ODBC fashion? I've tried it many ways
>> and haven't gotten it to work yet.
>
>As I said, the examples are for ADO, but they work just fine for
>DBD::ODBC. Here, is one for excel:
>
>my $drv = 'ODBC:driver=Microsoft Excel Driver (*.xls)';
>my $dir = 'd:/htdocs/';
>my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:$drv;Dbq=$dir",'','',{RaiseError=>1});
>
>The one for access is slightly different, follow the example on the ADO
>page.
Thanks! Got it!
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Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 21:26:09 GMT
From: cberry@cinenet.net (Craig Berry)
Subject: Re: Dummy Variable avoidance
Message-Id: <sk80vh7dh5146@corp.supernews.com>
Christopher Hahn (chahn@eleganceintime.com) wrote:
: I am wanting to use the new Astro::MoonPhase module
: but I only need the percentage of Illumination, the second of
: seven items available.
:
: Now in order to avoid the aforementioned "red flags" I tried
: using this:
: (,$MoonIllum,,,,,) = phase();
: but this generates an error.
$MoonIllum = (phase())[1];
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Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 19:18:22 -0400
From: tadmc@metronet.com (Tad McClellan)
Subject: Re: Dummy Variable avoidance
Message-Id: <slrn8k87hu.5m3.tadmc@magna.metronet.com>
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000 21:45:29 GMT, jason <elephant@squirrelgroup.com> wrote:
>Christopher Hahn writes ..
>>This is a newbie-red-flag-avoidance clinic question.
>>
>>I am wanting to use the new Astro::MoonPhase module
>>but I only need the percentage of Illumination, the second of
>>seven items available.
>>
>>Now in order to avoid the aforementioned "red flags" I tried
>>using this:
>> (,$MoonIllum,,,,,) = phase();
>>but this generates an error.
>
>you want what's called an array slice .. search for the word 'slice' in
^^^^^^^^^^^
> perldoc perldata
But he needs a "list slice" not an "array slice", since his
data in not in an array.
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Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 17:11:30 -0700
From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@redcat.com>
Subject: Re: excluding certain domains in e-mails
Message-Id: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10006111711010.10286-100000@user2.teleport.com>
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Z-man wrote:
> Is there any way to block certain domains?
In what way was my previous answer to this question insufficient for your
needs?
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Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 17:16:14 -0700
From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@redcat.com>
Subject: Re: Finding repeated words -- e.g. the the
Message-Id: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10006111715320.10286-100000@user2.teleport.com>
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, OBrien-Malone wrote:
> Of course the repeated words might be split over lines.
>
> Can anyone see an easy (Reg Exp) way of doing this?
I think that "Mastering Regular Expressions" by Jeffrey Friedl discusses
this problem. Cheers!
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Date: 11 Jun 2000 23:19:47 +0100
From: Jonathan Stowe <gellyfish@gellyfish.com>
Subject: Re: how to check for integer?
Message-Id: <8i13a3$s0m$1@orpheus.gellyfish.com>
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000 18:07:58 +0200 Thoren Johne wrote:
> Jonathan Stowe <gellyfish@gellyfish.com> wrote in message
> news:8i00ji$o8h$1@orpheus.gellyfish.com...
>> On Sun, 11 Jun 2000 09:25:56 +0200 Mariska wrote:
>> > Hi all
>> > I don't know how to check if a number is an integer.
>> > I need to do something when a number is even.
>> > i divide a number by 2 and i want to check if the result is an integer
> or
>> > not.
>> >
>>
>> You dont need to do that :
>>
>> if ( $number % 2 )
>> {
>> print "Odd";
>> }
>> else
>> {
>> print "Even";
>> }
>
> so, given 2.5 as $number it returns "Even"
>
> do you think 2.5 is an even number? ;>
>
I dunno I'm not a mathematician :) Of course it thinks 3.5 is 'Odd' ...
/J\
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Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 19:09:09 -0400
From: tadmc@metronet.com (Tad McClellan)
Subject: Re: how to check for integer?
Message-Id: <slrn8k870l.5m3.tadmc@magna.metronet.com>
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000 18:07:58 +0200, Thoren Johne <thoren@southern-division.com> wrote:
>Jonathan Stowe <gellyfish@gellyfish.com> wrote in message
>news:8i00ji$o8h$1@orpheus.gellyfish.com...
>> On Sun, 11 Jun 2000 09:25:56 +0200 Mariska wrote:
>> > I don't know how to check if a number is an integer.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> > I need to do something when a number is even.
>> > i divide a number by 2 and i want to check if the result is an integer
>or
>> > not.
>> >
>>
>> You dont need to do that :
>>
>> if ( $number % 2 )
>> {
>> print "Odd";
>> }
>so, given 2.5 as $number it returns "Even"
>
>do you think 2.5 is an even number? ;>
do you think 2.5 is an integer?
:-)
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Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 15:52:34 -0700
From: Catz <catzNOcaSPAM@mad.scientist.com.invalid>
Subject: Re: How to make a stand-alone exe ??
Message-Id: <2a42f762.191aa0e2@usw-ex0109-069.remarq.com>
Thanks, but I'm using the Tk module and you need the
professional version of perl2exe to get it compiled. Is
there any other way to compile? Manually?
Thanks
Catz.
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Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 17:20:55 -0700
From: Larry Rosler <lr@hpl.hp.com>
Subject: Re: Larry Rosler interview on perl.com!
Message-Id: <MPG.13adccc338b0f24298ab60@nntp.hpl.hp.com>
In article <htp-FEE257.19263611062000@news.metropolis.net.au>,
htp@mac.com says...
...
> In your interview, you said "I am less concerned about individual
> programmers' decisions for their own projects and more concerned about
> major corporations or government agencies that reject Perl because of
> lack of formal support and lack of standardization."
>
> If you don't mind me asking, _why_ do you feel there is a need for Perl
> to be accepted by major corporations and government agencies?
Because that is where the real money is and where the bulk of the
programmers work. The rest is a cottage industry, which may not amount
to much in the long run.
I feel personally the lack of corporate interest from Hewlett-Packard
toward Perl, which affects the value others may perceive in my work. As
an example of this corporate disdain, to this day HP-UX ships with perl
4.036 installed, probably for the same reason that it ships with a
brain-damaged C compiler -- necessary to build and maintain the
operating system.
HP makes money by selling an ANSI C compiler, but they couldn't make
money from Perl. So Perl is of so little importance to them that no one
has bothered to replace 4.036 with a modern Perl (which could be used
just as well as the primitive version for internal purposes). So users
of HP-UX must buy the HP ANSI C compiler or install gcc themselves, then
build perl themselves. I consider this to be a significant inhibitor
for Perl use on this platform.
If HP encouraged its programmers to use Perl in their work, all this
indifference might change. But that would require a change in the
public or corporate perception of Perl, with which you seem to be
completly satisfied.
> The culture which gave birth to, and surrounds Perl is home to
> anarchists and rebels - it is a culture TOTALLY INCOMPATIBLE with that
> mandated by the suits in major corporations and government agencies.
My point exactly, but we perceive opposite costs and benefits.
> What reward is so important, so valuable, that it justifies killing the
> goose that laid the golden egg?
A platinum egg?
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Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 00:00:36 GMT
From: Jesus Quiroga <jquiroga@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: Perl Logo?
Message-Id: <39442870.6A63085@pobox.com>
Sven Voigt wrote:
> Hello all!
>
> Recently I ran along PHP4 and wondered about there nifty logo. That's when I
> found that I never saw such a thing for Perl? Is that so?
Visit this:
http://republic.perl.com/
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Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 22:27:06 GMT
From: |Odo| <jasonb885@my-deja.com>
Subject: Perl modules and memory
Message-Id: <8i13ng$2d3$1@nnrp1.deja.com>
Is there anyway to estimate how much memory a module should resonably
take when 'use'ed? Is there some kind of formula I can use to determine
this?
For instance, if I have X scalars, Y hashes, and Z arrays, plus A 'while
loops' and B 'if statements', composing M lines, is there some way I can
use that information to arrive at the size of the compiled code, before
I actually start calling the subroutines in a module?
Thanks!
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Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 17:52:12 -0700
From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@redcat.com>
Subject: Re: Perl modules and memory
Message-Id: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10006111751050.10286-100000@user2.teleport.com>
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, |Odo| wrote:
> Is there anyway to estimate how much memory a module should resonably
> take when 'use'ed? Is there some kind of formula I can use to
> determine this?
In general, no. It may even differ from one release of Perl to the next,
and certainly it'll be different on different machines. If it's an issue,
you should probably buy more memory. :-)
Cheers!
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Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 00:10:55 +0200
From: "Raphael Pirker" <raphaelp@nr1webresource.com>
Subject: Perl on IIS?
Message-Id: <8i1333$o8a$1@news.online.de>
Hi,
Is there any way I can install Perl on IIS? How?
Thanks in advance,
Raphael Pirker
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Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 00:10:55 +0200
From: "Raphael Pirker" <raphaelp@nr1webresource.com>
Subject: Perl on IIS?
Message-Id: <8i133r$o8p$1@news.online.de>
Hi,
Is there any way I can install Perl on IIS? How?
Thanks in advance,
Raphael Pirker
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Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 23:30:58 GMT
From: elephant@squirrelgroup.com (jason)
Subject: Re: Perl on IIS?
Message-Id: <MPG.13aead9ca08af94c98972b@news>
Raphael Pirker writes ..
>Is there any way I can install Perl on IIS? How?
if you use ActiveState's Perl then you should check the included HTML
documentation .. it covers this well
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Date: 11 Jun 2000 23:45:37 +0100
From: Jonathan Stowe <gellyfish@gellyfish.com>
Subject: Re: Remote Scripting Critique
Message-Id: <8i14qh$s7h$1@orpheus.gellyfish.com>
In comp.lang.perl.misc Tait Milliken <jtmilliken@rvjintl.com> wrote:
> Josiah Bryan wrote:
>>
>> I would like to humbly ask for a critique of a small script I have
>> created.
>> Attached are four files.
>
> This is not a binary newsgroup. If you want folks to review your code,
> post a URL or privately email those who want to help you.
Perhaps you might have not quoted the whole thing then eh ?
/J\
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Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 17:37:02 -0700
From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@redcat.com>
Subject: Re: SCRIPT WRITERS HELP NEEDED
Message-Id: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10006111728580.10286-100000@user2.teleport.com>
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, eric wrote:
> Subject: SCRIPT WRITERS HELP NEEDED
PLEASE STOP SHOUTING! Ahem.
> SCRIPT WRITERS HELP NEEDED --
> comp.lang.perl.misc
Maybe you want Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. They wrote a script, and look
how much it helped them! Of course, they probably knew where to put an
apostrophe.
> WE WILL PAY FOR THE WORK THAT YOU MIGHT DO FOR US.
Well, that's nice to know. Of course, there are hundreds of us who _might_
do work for you. I, in particular, _might_ do thousands of dollars of work
for you. I doubt it, but I might. And you'll pay for it! What great guys.
> We have had a web site designed for us.
Too drunk to do it yourselves? We've all been there, man.
> The person, who designed and wrote the HTML coding, does not
> have the experience to complete the project with the scripting.
That, is a shame. He should, have thought of that, before he started on
the design. Does he know though, where to put commas, to make an
appositive?
> He has told us that he has been able to accomplish everything,
> except:
>
> 1. Writing the scripting that will add a 6-position alpha
> plus consecutive number to the data record (A10197, A10198, etc).
Oooh, tough one. But he got the data records to work without that, right?
> 2. Send an auto response e-mail message 1 hour after the
> consumer enters the information into the form.
It's tough to make a program send an auto.
> We are willing to pay you, if you can help us.
I can help you. Are you still willing to pay me if I won't? :-)
> In addition to posting to this forum, can you please e-mail your
> posting to me at:
> lpsca@earthlink.net
Why? You haven't learned to read Usenet yet?
> ==========In addition to posting your response to this newsgroup,
> please send a copy of your reply to me at:
> eric_symths@yahoo.com
How many copies am I supposed to send? My head hurts. I think I'm going to
take a nap.
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Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 17:27:27 -0700
From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@redcat.com>
Subject: Re: textfile reading template
Message-Id: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10006111720460.10286-100000@user2.teleport.com>
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Manny wrote:
> open(INF, $inf) || die "";
That's good that you're checking the return from open(), but I don't see
why you're using an empty string as the error message. Generally code like
this should be better:
open INF, $inf
or die "Can't open '$inf' for input: $!";
> while(<INF>) {
>
> if ( $_ =~ "field1" ) {
Do you mean to use 'eq' there for string equality instead of pattern
matching? Of course, that would nearly always be false, unless you chomp()
first. If you mean a pattern match, though, maybe you should write a
normal pattern match. It's not normal to use a string as a pattern, even
though Perl allows it.
> ($field1token, $field1value) = split(/\:/);
Perhaps you meant for these to be my() variables. But, from the way you
describe your data, I think you may want something like this:
my @data;
while (<INF>) {
if (/^field(\d)\s*:\s*(.*)/) {
$data[$1] = $2;
} else {
die "unrecognized input line: $_";
}
}
Good luck with it!
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Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 22:38:39 GMT
From: Uri Guttman <uri@sysarch.com>
Subject: Re: Why /\b\+\b\ matches "x+y" but not "++" or "+"?
Message-Id: <x7g0qjaln6.fsf@home.sysarch.com>
>>>>> "FZ" == Feng Zhu <02fz@williams.edu> writes:
FZ> thanks.
you should put your query in the body of your post even if it is short
enough to fit in the subject.
from perlre:
A word boundary (\b) is defined as a spot between two
characters that has a \w on one side of it and a \W on the
other side of it (in either order), counting the imaginary
characters off the beginning and end of the string as
matching a \W.
note that the ordering doesn't matter (regexes in other systems can
force the ordering. read mastering regular expressions).
so \b\+\b (good that you escaped the +, \b+ makes no sense) will match
'x+y' since there are two word boundaries surrounding the +.
++ fails since there is no word chars anywhere and the same for +. as the
docs say above, the string ends are considered to be \W.
uri
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Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 17:39:24 -0700
From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@redcat.com>
Subject: Re: Windows<->Macintosh character set translation
Message-Id: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10006111738100.10286-100000@user2.teleport.com>
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, BP Jonsson wrote:
> I'm looking for Windows<->Macintosh character set translation.
Perhaps you should check in newsgroups about those operating systems. Of
course, the character sets don't have anything to do with Perl in
particular; the transliteration tables are the same whether you use Perl
or some other language to do the work. Cheers!
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