perl and database

[druggist]

Dumb question #1.

I have a project that demands the ability to use a form and access a database and perform a search on the database. There are specific commands for the searching and accessing/formatting of the database that i dont have a problem conducting in unix.

My users will need to have a web interface, however, to access the same info that i can get at the comman line.

How should i begin to write a perl script for this problem? Is that the right start?

The database is the human genome and the search engine is BLAST.

thanks

druggist

 

[tsdragon]

At the very least you can run the same commands in perl that you run on the command line (use backtics or open a pipe to the command). Then parse the output from the command and generate the web page.
Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[MikeLacey]

There's a book I've got - which I'm going to read Real Soon Now on Perl CGI programming. From the skimming I've done it seems fine though.

"Introduction to CGI Perl" by
Steven E. Brenner and
Edwin Aoki
Pub Mist Books
ISBN 1-55851-478-3

This is the first CGI question I've ever answered! I'm on a roll now...... Mike
michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com
Email welcome if you're in a hurry or something -- but post in tek-tips as well please, and I will post my reply here as well.