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T. ValentineDatabase-Driven Web Developmenthttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5970-2_2

2. Perl CGI and MySQL Essentials

Thomas Valentine1  
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Selkirk, MB, Canada
 

The Perl Common Gateway Interface (CGI) module is a module capable of creating HTML markup code on the fly within your Perl script. It is mostly used as a means to catch the parameters of a page. While you could create entire pages with the methods included in the CGI module, it is a lengthy process and isn’t very efficient. A simple print statement with your HTML markup as the printed material is a much more practical use of the CGI module.

In this chapter, we’ll be exploring the Perl modules that will be used in the upcoming project. We’ll also be using error control ...

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