Re: form parameter passing - Leif W - com.mysql.lists.perl

3 messages in com.mysql.lists.perlRe: form parameter passing

From	Sent On	Attachments
mark o' sullivan	22 Oct 2003 05:58
Leif W	22 Oct 2003 07:11
Dave Cash	22 Oct 2003 08:47

Subject:	Re: form parameter passing
From:	Leif W (warp...@usa.net)
Date:	10/22/2003 07:11:37 AM
List:	com.mysql.lists.perl

For some reason the list doesn't set the Reply-To header, I didn't notice, so my reply went only to the original poster. Mark sorry if you get this twice. Here it is for the archives.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Leif W" <warp...@usa.net> To: "mark o' sullivan" <mark...@aib.ie> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 9:31 AM Subject: Re: form parameter passing

----- Original Message ----- From: "mark o' sullivan" <mark...@aib.ie> To: <pe...@lists.mysql.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 8:58 AM Subject: form parameter passing

Hi, Anyone know is it possible to get a string from a drop-down menu in a form and pass it from one perl script to another. The way it currently is:

Script 1: print "<select name=task>"; while(my ($task)= $sth->fetchrow_array) { print "<option value=$task>$task</option>";

Have you tried quoting the value? It's probably because it needs to be quoted, otherwise it looks just like other HTML parameters to the option tag. Valid HTML required ALL values to be quotes, be they table parameters or form values. Most browsers just work without quotes by convenience.

print "<option value=\"$task\">$task</option>";

versus

Leif

} print "</select>";

Script 2: $task = param("task");

I only get the first part of the $task string read in from the drop-down menu. Example '$task' strings: (1)Caching the browser. (2)DSL to RSA conversion.

What I'm getting: (1)Caching (2)DSL

Any alternatives for param to read strings? Thanks in advance, Mark.