can i do it with perl ?

[Joe Echavarria]

I there,

I need to write a web database application using
perl, and i need a way that when the users logs into
the system i download all the information regarding
to the user to its local computer and make all the
transaction locally. After that, when the user logs
out of the system all the information and transaction
that were made by that user are then updated to the
database server. Can i do it with perl ?, which
modules ?, thanks.

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[Bob Showalter]

Joe Echavarria wrote:

> I there,
>
> I need to write a web database application using
> perl, and i need a way that when the users logs into
> the system i download all the information regarding
> to the user to its local computer and make all the
> transaction locally. After that, when the user logs
> out of the system all the information and transaction
> that were made by that user are then updated to the
> database server.

Why does it need to work that way?

> Can i do it with perl ?,

Sure.

> which modules ?, thanks.

Too soon to say.

[Wolf Blaum]

> I there,
Hi,

> I need to write a web database application using
> perl, and i need a way that when the users logs into
> the system i download all the information regarding
> to the user to its local computer and make all the
> transaction locally. After that, when the user logs
> out of the system all the information and transaction
> that were made by that user are then updated to the
> database server. Can i do it with perl ?, which
> modules ?, thanks.

Why does it have to be a web application?
Or rather just a client/server thing?
What Database?
I didnt find a way to do the dishes yet, anything else I ever tried works in
perl.

Just give us some more info.
Wolf

[Daniel Staal]

--As off Saturday, January 24, 2004 12:07 AM +0100, wolf blaum is
alleged to have said:

> I didnt find a way to do the dishes yet, anything else I ever tried
> works in perl.

--As for the rest, it is mine.

I'm sure you could do something with LEGO::RCX and a Mindstorms kit...
;-)

Daniel T. Staal

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[Dan Anderson]

On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 18:07, wolf blaum wrote:

> > I there,

> Hi,

> > I need to write a web database application using
> > perl, and i need a way that when the users logs into
> > the system i download all the information regarding
> > to the user to its local computer and make all the
> > transaction locally. After that, when the user logs
> > out of the system all the information and transaction
> > that were made by that user are then updated to the
> > database server. Can i do it with perl ?, which
> > modules ?, thanks.

>
> Why does it have to be a web application?
> Or rather just a client/server thing?
> What Database?
> I didnt find a way to do the dishes yet, anything else I ever tried works in
> perl.

Give me a little bit of time with a soldering iron, some wire, and a
laptop connected to your home network and your dishwasher and that can
be rectified. :-D

-Dan

[Wolf Blaum]

> Give me a little bit of time with a soldering iron, some wire, and a

> laptop connected to your home network and your dishwasher and that can
> be rectified. :-D

I new that was a gentle list!
I just dont have a dishwasher :(
But given the traffic here I happily dont get much time to use dishes at all.

Have a nice weekend, Wolf

[John McKown]

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Joe Echavarria wrote:

>
> I there,
>
> I need to write a web database application using
> perl, and i need a way that when the users logs into
> the system i download all the information regarding
> to the user to its local computer and make all the
> transaction locally. After that, when the user logs
> out of the system all the information and transaction
> that were made by that user are then updated to the
> database server. Can i do it with perl ?, which
> modules ?, thanks.
>

Unless this is an "in house" application for internal business use, I'd
suggest against it. The main reason is that you are downloading something
to the user's computer. They may not like that very much at all! I know
that if a web site wanted to put some application on my machine, I'd tell
them to take a walk. If the visitors are on a company PC, they might not
even be able to install your application on their system. I know that our
PC people do _not_ allow any unauthorized software to be installed by the
user. In fact, any software going onto a PC owned by our company _must_ be
tested and approved by our "Integration Lab". The end-users do not have
the authority to do any sort of installation.

Also, if your software is written in Perl, you would be forcing the users
of it to have Perl installed. This may or may not be true.

And what DB are you considering? That would need to be installed as well.
Along with the Perl bindings. Unless it was "integrated" with Perl.

Now, suppose we get by all my objections. How would you "upload" the
changed data? What if another person had changed the same datum? How do
you guarantee the reliability of your data? What if the user's computer
"dies" (blue screens)? What if the user simply does not "log off" of your
application?

I think this is going to be very difficult. Good luck to you!

--
Maranatha!
John McKown

[John McKown]

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Dan Anderson wrote:

>
> Give me a little bit of time with a soldering iron, some wire, and a
> laptop connected to your home network and your dishwasher and that can
> be rectified. :-D
>
> -Dan

I don't think that the lady who comes in and does my dishes is going to
let you anywhere near her with a soldering iron in your hand! <grin>

--
Maranatha!
John McKown

[Dan Anderson]

On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 20:49, John McKown wrote:

> On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Dan Anderson wrote:
>

> >
> > Give me a little bit of time with a soldering iron, some wire, and a
> > laptop connected to your home network and your dishwasher and that can
> > be rectified. :-D
> >
> > -Dan

>
> I don't think that the lady who comes in and does my dishes is going to
> let you anywhere near her with a soldering iron in your hand! <grin>

We are borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile. <grin>

-Dan

[Drieux]

On Jan 24, 2004, at 12:48 PM, Dan Anderson wrote:

> On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 20:49, John McKown wrote:

>> On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Dan Anderson wrote:

>>> Give me a little bit of time with a soldering iron, some wire, and a
>>> laptop connected to your home network and your dishwasher and that
>>> can
>>> be rectified. :-D

>>
>> I don't think that the lady who comes in and does my dishes is going
>> to
>> let you anywhere near her with a soldering iron in your hand! <grin>

>
> We are borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile. <grin>

why does

perldoc Cleaning::Woman

cause my computer to go into a rage about the
cleaning woman????[1]

And do I need to take down the Satelite Dish first
before trying to wash it???? Or can I put the whole
house into the dishwasher....

You know this with trying to be a Terran is
clearly much tougher than the original briefing said...

ciao
drieux

---

[1] cf: "Deadmen don't wear plaid" for those
who may not be old enough to remember that Homage
to Film Noir....

[Dan Muey]

> I there,

>

Ello!

> I need to write a web database application using
> perl, and i need a way that when the users logs into
> the system i download all the information regarding
> to the user to its local computer and make all the
> transaction locally. After that, when the user logs
> out of the system all the information and transaction
> that were made by that user are then updated to the
> database server. Can i do it with perl ?, which
> modules ?, thanks.

Yes you can.
Look at cpan for DBI (for database stuff) CGI (for handling form input)

HTH

Dmuey