PERL Form - HELP!!! 1

[wuzzle]

I've never used PERL before in my life, and my bosses want me to convert a regular HTML/Javascript form to PERL.

I opened up the .pl file they gave me and changed the values to match those in my new form. ex) input field names.

What happens is when I click "Submit", it asks what program I want to use to open the .pl file. Why would it do this?

I just uploaded to a test area, and now when you click "Submit" it says faqform.pl does not exist.

http://www.mts.net/~s5254/nic_testing/support_faq2.htm

Please fill me in on my naiive overlookings

Thanks people

 

[goBoating]

You might take a look at the FAQ in the CGI forum, faq452-653. It covers some of this along with the general flow of CGI stuff.

HTH


keep the rudder amid ship and beware the odd typo

 

[nationavon]

Somehow the web server software needs to asscociate .pl with perl. If you rename your script to blahblah.cgi it might work. By default in IIS with ActiveStates Port it associates .cgi to perl. Hope this helps.