[7443] in Perl-Users-Digest
Perl-Users Digest, Issue: 1068 Volume: 8
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Wed Sep 24 01:07:55 1997
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 97 22:00:17 -0700
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Perl-Users Digest Tue, 23 Sep 1997 Volume: 8 Number: 1068
Today's topics:
Re: Array or Hash? (Tad McClellan)
Call for bids--CGI programming wanted for nonprofit sit (Cliff Landesman)
Digest Administrivia (Last modified: 8 Mar 97) (Perl-Users-Digest Admin)
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Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 22:19:32 -0500
From: tadmc@flash.net (Tad McClellan)
Subject: Re: Array or Hash?
Message-Id: <4s0a06.1k6.ln@localhost>
Andy Smith (asmith@hsonline.net) wrote:
: Why is perl trying to make a hash out of @services?
: Is there something i
: need to do
Yes.
You need to post your real code.
The below has more than a couple syntax errors.
It won't run with syntax errors, so I'm wondering what makes
you think that perl is making a hash out of it.
Perl won't do much of anything with broken syntax.
Post a program that will run, and someone will likely try and help you.
: to make it see the variable as an array instead?
: --------------------
: @services={"witha","smile","anda","one","two",};
: open(AFILE ">afile")
^ ^ missing comma
missing semicolon
[ you should be checking the return value too ]
: $n=0;
: while($n<5)
: {print AFILE {$services[$n]};
^ ^ ^ unbalanced curly braces
: ++$n
: --------------------
--
Tad McClellan SGML Consulting
tadmc@flash.net Perl programming
Fort Worth, Texas
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Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 06:16:36 GMT
From: cland@netbox.com (Cliff Landesman)
Subject: Call for bids--CGI programming wanted for nonprofit site
Message-Id: <60a1n8$jm2$2@maceo.dti.net>
This is a call for bids to program the back end of a web site. The
contract is to provide the database and CGI programming necessary to
add functionality to a set of already existing html pages. The best
way to see the nature of the project is to review the site:
http://www.nonprofits.org/library/gov/990/
The site will model for the first time an interactive online system
that will allow nonprofit organizations to report their activities to
government agencies. Over 300,000 organizations now perform this kind
of reporting to the IRS--on paper--every year. Many organizations are
also required to report annually to state agencies. The aim of the
site is to increase the efficiency of processing these forms and
enhance public access to the reported information. The site will be
the basis for actual reporting to a small number of state agencies and
a model to show to the IRS for possible adoption. Much of the work
surrounding this site, especially project management, has been carried
out by volunteers.
The specific tasks involved are:
1) Creation of database tables for receiving the data.
2) CGI scripting for inputting data from the html forms into the
database tables.
3) CGI scripting to allow retrieval of data from the database and
inserting into template html pages, thereby recreating the original
submitted form.
4) Securing database access using passwords.
5) CGI scripting for downloading all new entries to the database via
an ascii character delimited database file.
There are 14 main pages with data fields, 4 supplemental data pages
and 5 short pages with less than 5 data fields each. The number of
fields is large, but the scripting is made easier by the fact that
input names are consecutive.
We will review an initial draft, comment, review a second draft,
comment, then expect a delivered product.
The project must be completed by December 1, 1997. A first draft is
expect by November 1. We will award the contract by the end of
September.
The platform, web server, database, and language constraints may be
negotiated, but the preferred arrangement would be:
unix operating system
Apache web server
miniSQL database
Perl CGI or W3-mSQL
Possible alternatives would be 1) NT, NCSA web server, Microsoft SQL,
with or without perl or 2) Win95, O'Reilly's Web Site web server and
associated database engine, with or without perl. Java CGI may be
acceptable. However, the unix platform option is favored. The mSQL
database engine is well documented and has an active associated email
list.
The contract does NOT include housing or maintaining the site. It does
not include any data entry error checking. The programmers will have
free access to a unix shell account where they may design and test the
database and CGI code.
The programmers will receive prominent public recognition on the site
with a link to their home page.
Please send bids or inquiries via email to me at:
cland@netbox.com
--Cliff Landesman
Internet NonProfit Center Information ABOUT nonprofits
http://www.nonprofits.org
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Date: 8 Mar 97 21:33:47 GMT (Last modified)
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