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Re: CGI question
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Fri, 7 Apr 2000 01:21:39 GMT
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Sproaticus wrote:
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> > Paul Foster wrote:
> > > I have the following perl script that I inherited in
> > > a program I am supposed to fix, the perl I understand,
> > > but I'm not really up on Forms..
> > > How can I check if the user has put data into the login field?
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> Reject it on the server end, and serve the form again with an appropriate error
> message. If you were using the CGI module (1), return an error if (for
> example) $cgi->param("Vlogin") returns a blank string.
nod, exactly.
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> Oh, yeah. And don't rely on Javascript if you don't have to. Many people
> (including myself) don't have it, or turn it off at the first opportunity.
> (See why below.)
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> In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Dan Boger writes:
> > well, not sure how you can do it with java, but you shouldn't rely on
> > java for form validation anyhow - it's unreliable, and easily overcome.
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> Arg! Pet peeve alert! :-,
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> Java != Javascript. One is a highly-structured and (IMO) relatively elegant
> programming language, the other is a gaping security hole masquerading as
> useless browser eye candy. Aside from Netscape's bone-headed marketing
> decision to name one after the other, they have extremely little to do with
> each other.
you're very correct, I'm sorry. I don't have much experience with
either java or JS, so the two unknowns are very similar. I do know that
java is a respectable language though :)
Dan
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| (...) Reject it on the server end, and serve the form again with an appropriate error message. If you were using the CGI module (1), return an error if (for example) $cgi->param("Vlogin") returns a blank string. Oh, yeah. And don't rely on (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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