PERL Beginners - Re: CGI: How do I populate a form field based on the value entered

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Re: CGI: How do I populate a form field based on the value entered

Owen

2006-09-23, 6:57 pm

On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 14:21:50 -0400
"RICHARD FERNANDEZ" <rfernandez@arrow.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to create an HTML form that will refresh itself based on user
> input. In the POD for CGI it says that you can set the value of a named
> parameter by using something like:
>
> $query->param(-name=>'foo', -value=>'the value');

Make that line $query->param(-name=>'foo', -value=>"$the_value");

Then somwhere at the start where you get the variables;

my $name = $query->param('name')||'';

if ($name =~/mary/i){ $the_value = "Howdy Mary" }

How you do it depends on your workflow/logic

Owen

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