[ic] how to acces form fields..

[Ed LaFrance]

At 02:51 PM 09/25/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>I want to process a form, validate it and if it meets certain
>criteria, store it in a DB.
>
>I am using perl to store to do this. How do I access the form
>fields ?
>
>Using [value..] or [cgi..] doesnt work. What should I use
>to retrieve those values ?
>

I assume you mean you are using [perl ..][/perl]?  You would do something like:

[perl]
         my $foo = $CGI->{foo};
         # ...or...
         my $bar = $Values->{bar};
[/perl]

Take a look at these docs for more info:
http://ic.redhat.com/cgi-bin/ic/dev-4.8/ictemplates_15.html
http://ic.redhat.com/cgi-bin/ic/dev-4.8/ictemplates_31.html
http://ic.redhat.com/cgi-bin/ic/dev-4.8/ictemplates_40.html


- Ed L.



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