In the March 2005 issue of Linux Journal, I used Maypole to create a Web-based database application in only 18 lines of Perl code. The functionality provided by Maypole is impressive except in one ...

I have been assigned a small project that requires a Perl front end via CGI and a MySQL back end with a simple database. The database has basic names, addresses, and some flags to tell whether someone ...

Despite the fact that MySQL comes with a rich set of functions, at some point you will find yourself wishing for some additional function or needing an advanced regular expression engine. To solve ...

I need to update a MySQL database in response to a Web form submission that uses Perl. I know the basics of Perl, and the Web site provides the database connectivity modules for Perl, but I need some ...

Ok so I'm taking a class this semester entitled "Introduction to Web Programming"; we're currently learning Perl. <BR><BR>Yesterday's assignment was a HTML form that asked two questions, then wrote ...

There are a lot of really nice scripting languages available to Unix admins, but Perl is still one of my favorites for doing any work that involves regular expressions — any text that you can describe ...

Every programming language has its strengths...and its weaknesses. We identify five tasks for which perl is ideally suited, and four that...well, really, shouldn't you choose something else? We all ...

There are numerous ways to redirect standard error in a Perl script. You can redirect the output from one particular command, you can combine standard error with ...