Re: Calling Perl Scripts From A Form

On 16 Dec 97 at 14:41, Nick wrote: > Any ideas on calling a perl script from a form via a control-xxx > where xxx is the letter R (as an example)?? > > I need to have some, but not all, of the current row(s) data passed > as arguments in the the perl script. I do have the Per 4.0 Interface > on my side to the database. Assuming you're running 4GL... 1. Create a table with a unique name. 2. Populate the table with your rows. 3. ON KEY (CONTROL-R) RUN "perl.pl tablename" 4. Perl scripts reads from pseudo-temp table. 5. Perl script drops table. HTH. -- Ciao, Billy Back at the gold-face in sunny Gauteng... Informix FAQ @ http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html Drivel @ http://www.west.co.za/tasteless/