SPUG: Re: perl2exe perl-cgi file size problem

[Colin Meyer]

On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 12:12:30PM -0700, Ken Clarke wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Meryll Larkin" <humbaba9 at yahoo.com>
> To: "SPUG List" <spug-list at pm.org>
> Sent: May 2, 2002 10:23 AM
> Subject: SPUG: perl2exe perl-cgi file size problem
> 
> 
> >The script is now only using param from CGI, and all the
> >rest is Perl...
> 
> If you're just reading text form input (IE not uploading from a
> multipart/form-data enctype form) and your form(s) don't include
> multi-select menues or multiple check boxes with the same name parameter,
> use this and and replace $q -> param('formfieldname') with $q ->
> {'formfieldname'}

Modern browsers use ';' instead of '&' to separate parameters in the URL.
The [deleted] code sample would not handle that, so it may well fail to
just read text from a simple form input.  

I'd strongly suggest using CGI.pm instead of any hand-rolled solution.
CGI.pm is incredibly robust, and correctly handles *all* properly
formatted HTTP/1.0 or HTTP/1.1 requests, and runs correctly on platforms
with odd line endings, etc. If you absolutely feel that CGI.pm is too
bloated, then try CGI::Lite. 

If you don't wish to take my word on it, read what Merlyn (Randal
Schwartz), Ovid, and Japhy have to say about it:

Merlyn on why to use CGI.pm:
http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=28499

Ovid on problems with alternatives to CGI.pm:
http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=28499

Japhy on the difficulties of parsing a CGI query:
http://www.crusoe.net/~jeffp/articles/ideas/CGI/3.html


Have fun, and keep using CGI.pm,
-C.

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