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aiikahn
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Nov 3, 2007, 9:28 AM

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Update data using form method	Can't Post

Hi everyone...I was wondering if anyone could help with a quick issue. I'm still new in Perl and I'm trying to pull some data from a row of data. I finally figured out how to insert data into a database using the form method (via SQL) but I'm not quite sure how to pull data and display the data on a webform so the data can be updated manually. Can anyone help me? Pleaaase...=(

Thank you in advance

eWish
User

Nov 4, 2007, 6:39 PM

Post #2 of 4 (272 views)

Re: [aiikahn] Update data using form method [In reply to]	Can't Post

Once you get your data from the db you can use the value attribute and assuming that your HTML is inside of your script.

Code

 <input type="text" name="fname" value="$datafromDB">

I don't know what db you are using so I can help you there.

aiikahn
Novice

Nov 6, 2007, 7:25 PM

Post #3 of 4 (265 views)

Re: [eWish] Update data using form method [In reply to]	Can't Post

Thank you for your prompt response, eWish! But I tried that method but the when the form displays, its blank. Is there anything I'm doing wrong? Below is part of the script:

print qq(<form method="get" action="updateme.pl">);
print qq(<table width="59%" border="1" align="center">);
print qq(<tr><td width="31%">Last Name</td>);
print qq(<td width="69%"><input name="last" type="text" value="Last"></td></tr></form>);

eWish
User

Nov 6, 2007, 8:16 PM

Post #4 of 4 (261 views)

Re: [aiikahn] Update data using form method [In reply to]	Can't Post

Your code worked for me. It have word "Last" in the field named 'last'.

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