CGI Test

";
    16  # Create CGI object
    17  $cgi = CGI->new();
    18
    19  $report = $cgi->{report};
    20  print "Raw report variable:";
    21  print Dumper $report;
    22  print "\n";
    23
    24  $report = $cgi->param('report');
    25  print "Report variable with param:";
    26  print Dumper $report;
    27  print "\n";
    28  print "<\pre>";
    29  exit;

On CentOS 5.5, the page reports this:
Testing with version: 5.008008
Raw report variable:$VAR1 = [
          'MyReportName'
        ];

Report variable with param:$VAR1 = 'MyReportName';

On the RedHat 6 box, this is the output:
Testing with version: 5.010001
Raw report variable:$VAR1 = undef;

Report variable with param:$VAR1 = 'MyReportName';

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From jhannah at mutationgrid.com  Tue Feb 22 08:33:38 2011
From: jhannah at mutationgrid.com (Jay Hannah)
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:33:38 -0600
Subject: [Omaha.pm] Change in CGI.pm from 5.8 to 5.10...?
In-Reply-To: 
References: 
Message-ID: 

On Feb 22, 2011, at 10:12 AM, Dan Linder wrote:
> The code I'm keeping updated has lots of lines like this:
>     $cgi = CGI->new();
>     $report = $cgi->{report};
> 
> (To pull in the "report=" value from the URL: http://testrh6/bin/test.cgi?report=MyReportName)
> 
> When I was testing it on a RedHat 6 system running Perl 5.10.1, the $report variable was coming up as undefined, but on the test systems running Perl 5.8, it was just fine.
> 
> The fix is to use the param() method like this:
>     $report = $cgi->param('report');
> 
> Looks like I have a lot of code to fix.  (IMHO it was broken before, just Perl was being nice about it...)

Ha! I just hit the EXACTLY EQUIVALENT issue in old PHP code yesterday!  Small world.   :)   

   (In PHP "register_globals" has been deprecated sometime between 2002 and now.)

These change(s) wouldn't be listed in the Perl change log, they'd be noted in CGI's Changes file:

   http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/MARKSTOS/CGI.pm-3.52/Changes

Which, strangely, doesn't list the date of each release (when was 2.50 released? maybe that was the change point for your behavior).

Anyway, yes, $object->{...} is always evil and you're right to move away from it.

$cgi->Vars() is available and is probably the closest to your old code without all the evil:

   http://search.cpan.org/~markstos/CGI.pm-3.52/lib/CGI.pm#FETCHING_THE_PARAMETER_LIST_AS_A_HASH:

RedHat deserves no fault nor credit for this change.   :)

Hope that helps,

Jay Hannah
Software Architect
jhannah at mutationgrid.com | http://mutationgrid.com | 1-402-598-7782

From dan at linder.org  Tue Feb 22 08:46:54 2011
From: dan at linder.org (Dan Linder)
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:46:54 -0600
Subject: [Omaha.pm] Change in CGI.pm from 5.8 to 5.10...?
In-Reply-To: 
References: 

Message-ID: 

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:33, Jay Hannah  wrote:

>   (In PHP "register_globals" has been deprecated sometime between 2002 and
> now.)
>

I remember that - I always knew pulling in user-supplied variables
automatically was a bad thing from a security standpoint.  It's too easy to
just pull them in and use them without actually knowing that they came from
user (i.e. hacker) land.

> These change(s) wouldn't be listed in the Perl change log, they'd be noted
> in CGI's Changes file:
>
>   http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/MARKSTOS/CGI.pm-3.52/Changes
>
> Which, strangely, doesn't list the date of each release (when was 2.50
> released? maybe that was the change point for your behavior).
>

Doh!  Should have checked there too.

> RedHat deserves no fault nor credit for this change.   :)

None implied - there have been enough cooks in this kitchen that I'll place
the blame on me/us first.  And I think the param() method makes things a bit
easier to read and follow.

Thanks,
Dan

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From jhannah at mutationgrid.com  Tue Feb 22 13:07:18 2011
From: jhannah at mutationgrid.com (Jay Hannah)
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:07:18 -0600
Subject: [Omaha.pm] perl5i - like a camel with a machine gun
Message-ID: <492C2601-9609-4002-9D55-CF39D675D380@mutationgrid.com>

LOL!

http://github.com/schwern/perl5i/raw/master/img/perl5i%20camel%20with%20a%20machine%20gun.jpg

Jay Hannah
Software Architect
jhannah at mutationgrid.com | http://mutationgrid.com | 1-402-598-7782

From jhannah at mutationgrid.com  Tue Feb 22 13:32:48 2011
From: jhannah at mutationgrid.com (Jay Hannah)
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:32:48 -0600
Subject: [Omaha.pm] Fwd: Part time Catalyst development
References: 
Message-ID: <402B2BFB-35E2-430C-B5B1-BDBDCD91C3B0@mutationgrid.com>

Wow. 80 people on this mailing list and I got 0 responses.

What's up with that? ... Are you:

- Employed using Perl, don't want more work?
- Employed primarily in non-Perl, don't want more work?
- Under-employed but not interested in Perl work?
- Concerned your Perl skills are not what I need?
- Avoiding working with me because I'm a dork? 
- Only interested in payment-per-hour work?
- More interested in work in other languages/platforms instead of Perl?
- A robot that's just archiving this mailing list?
- Deceased?
- ... other?

Feedback very welcome.  :)

Thanks,

Jay Hannah
Software Architect
jhannah at mutationgrid.com | http://mutationgrid.com | 1-402-598-7782

Begin forwarded message:
> From: Jay Hannah 
> Date: January 5, 2011 12:59:41 PM CST
> To: Nebraska USA Perl Mongers of Omaha 
> Subject: Part time Catalyst development
> 
> Anyone local interested in part time Catalyst development? I doubt I can pay you by the hour to work on it, but I've got all the fundamentals built already and there's a budget and a goal. Unfortunately it looks like I've grown too busy to finish it all myself. If you're interested we may be able to work something out.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jay Hannah
> Software Architect
> jhannah at mutationgrid.com | http://mutationgrid.com | 1-402-598-778

From jhannah at mutationgrid.com  Tue Feb 22 13:46:23 2011
From: jhannah at mutationgrid.com (Jay Hannah)
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:46:23 -0600
Subject: [Omaha.pm] Fwd: Part time Catalyst development
In-Reply-To: 
References: 
	<402B2BFB-35E2-430C-B5B1-BDBDCD91C3B0@mutationgrid.com>

Message-ID: <1C0CE536-B089-4AEA-85E3-08A6C866C982@mutationgrid.com>

On Feb 22, 2011, at 3:38 PM, --ANONYMIZED-- wrote:
> "Concerned your Perl skills are not what I need?"
> 
> Never worked with Catalyst.

Catalyst is no big deal to learn. It's just Perl and I'd be happy to train.  :)

Jay Hannah
Software Architect
jhannah at mutationgrid.com | http://mutationgrid.com | 1-402-598-7782

From dan at linder.org  Wed Feb 23 07:15:41 2011
From: dan at linder.org (Dan Linder)
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:15:41 -0600
Subject: [Omaha.pm] [odynug] Profanity in git commits per language
In-Reply-To: 
References: <6B101E6B-0B61-46C7-AF69-1966DB95D169@mutationgrid.com>

Message-ID: 

On Feb 22, 2011 3:56 PM, "Jay Hannah"  wrote:
>
http://andrewvos.com/2011/02/21/amount-of-profanity-in-git-commit-messages-per-programming-language/
>
> See? Nobody finds Perl frustrating. Ever. ;)

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 22:40, Nick Wertzberger  wrote:
> Not a real language. You have to have words to be a real language ;)

What?? Isn't the common "$@#%!" a swear word?  (And also a full web server
in Perl I believe...)

Dan

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From britt.c.gray at gmail.com  Sat Feb 26 17:50:57 2011
From: britt.c.gray at gmail.com (Britt Gray)
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 19:50:57 -0600
Subject: [Omaha.pm] Fwd: Part time Catalyst development
In-Reply-To: <402B2BFB-35E2-430C-B5B1-BDBDCD91C3B0@mutationgrid.com>
References: 
	<402B2BFB-35E2-430C-B5B1-BDBDCD91C3B0@mutationgrid.com>
Message-ID: 

Hey Jay,

I am new to this mailing list.
I just started a new job 3 weeks ago. So I am not able to help you out right
now.
I may be available to help in month or two if you still need some help.

Britt

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Jay Hannah wrote:

> Wow. 80 people on this mailing list and I got 0 responses.
>
> What's up with that? ... Are you:
>
> - Employed using Perl, don't want more work?
> - Employed primarily in non-Perl, don't want more work?
> - Under-employed but not interested in Perl work?
> - Concerned your Perl skills are not what I need?
> - Avoiding working with me because I'm a dork?
> - Only interested in payment-per-hour work?
> - More interested in work in other languages/platforms instead of Perl?
> - A robot that's just archiving this mailing list?
> - Deceased?
> - ... other?
>
> Feedback very welcome.  :)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jay Hannah
> Software Architect
> jhannah at mutationgrid.com | http://mutationgrid.com | 1-402-598-7782
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
> > From: Jay Hannah 
> > Date: January 5, 2011 12:59:41 PM CST
> > To: Nebraska USA Perl Mongers of Omaha 
> > Subject: Part time Catalyst development
> >
> > Anyone local interested in part time Catalyst development? I doubt I can
> pay you by the hour to work on it, but I've got all the fundamentals built
> already and there's a budget and a goal. Unfortunately it looks like I've
> grown too busy to finish it all myself. If you're interested we may be able
> to work something out.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jay Hannah
> > Software Architect
> > jhannah at mutationgrid.com | http://mutationgrid.com | 1-402-598-778
>
>
>
>
>
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