Cgi How-To: The Definitive Cgi Scripting Problem-Solver (Paperback)

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Over 100 step-by-step solutions are given to CGI problems. This reference supports both C and Perl and provides code that can be reused in CGI scripting projects.

From the Publisher

Provides detailed instructions for building Web-based applications using CGI scripts, including pitfalls, enhancements, and alternate solutions. - Over 100 practical step-by-step solutions to CGI programming problems

- Organized by function for easy look-up

- Includes reusable code for CGI Scripting projects

Product Details

• Paperback: 544 pages
• Publisher: Waite Group Press (September 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 157169028X
• ISBN-13: 978-1571690289
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,850,631 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars VERY dated but still of considerable value, January 13, 2000

By	Geoffrey Brown (Taconic, CT United States) - See all my reviews

This is a 1996 book still being sold in year 2000 and that says something about it. It is a very useful book in many respects. A whole lot of the stuff in it is as useful today as it was in 1996. However, just for perspective, Win 3.1 was still the dominant Windows platform back then, and there was no Microsoft browser (or server, for that matter) in general use -- Netscape was it. In fact, the index shows Win 3.1 and NT 4.0 (no Win 95) and there's not even an index entry for Microsoft! (There are for Netscape, Mac, etc.) The short list of potential programming errors is still useful, and the security risks listed are things you always have to have in the back of your mind. I think the book would be most useful if you were going use it in a site where not a whole lot had changed recently or where there was not much money for newer technology. They do provide scripts for such things as a shopping cart and it makes you wonder how many e-commerce sites on the web right now basically just loaded up the scripts from the CD-ROM as a starting point. I found the book useful, but as a consultant my needs are not those of someone who writes Perl for a living.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent applications examples, June 28, 1999

By A Customer

This book starts off with a bang, showing the reader how to transfer client data and decode it at the server. CGI cripts are built up in a step-by-step method easily comprehended by a beginning Perl user (me) and in most cases are translated into the equivalent convolutions of C; the comparison of the two sets of code make the utility of Perl dramatically apparent. "CGI How-To" is an effective practical companion to Larry Wall's "Perl Programming", which is complete but often theoretical in nature.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars No online help, December 16, 1999

By A Customer

There is a good deal of valuable information here for the intermediate perl programmer, but no online errata sheet is provided, and the book is not flawless. Plan on spending a fair amount of time debugging on your own.