adding CGI.pm to $iwhome/iwperl...

I want to write a couple of CGIs and would rather use CGI.pm than hard code the html in perl. Since this is supported by Perl 5.005_03 (which is the level of iwperl), but the module is not included.

Can I just copy in this module (on a Solaris box) & not break anything ? Anybody try this before ?

TIA

Andy

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Johnny

It wont do any harm if you install it into your iwperl/lib

But theres no real need. There is a lite version available

TeamSite::CGI_lite

have a read with

perldoc TeamSite::CGI_lite

John Cuiuli
Consultant
Sydney, Australia

Johnny

Scratch that.

TeamSite::CGI_lite doesnt have the html print capabilities, only form/cookie parsing etc.

John Cuiuli
Consultant
Sydney, Australia

Migrateduser

Yes, it should work fine. We've been using it and haven't had any problems. We don't have it under iwperl/lib though, instead we just have it where the custom scripts live i.e. in httpd/iw-bin.

Adam Stoller

Unless something has changed that I missed, CGI.pm has always been included with the iwperl distribution. The main reasons for using TeamSite::CGI_lite over CGI.pm were: (a) size of the module / memory used for all the methods, (b) TeamSite specific functionality [like iwcallback()].

Other than that, there's no reason why you cannot use CGI.pm for your CGI scripts.

--fish
(Interwoven Senior Technical Consultant)