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  • Paperback: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Addison Wesley; Pap/Cdr edition (16 Aug 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0201422190
  • ISBN-13: 978-0201422191
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 18.7 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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The simple, static hypertext documents that currently dominate the Web canconvey a great deal of information, but eventually their limitations becomeclear. What if you wish to provide dynamic data--information that changes overtime? What if you want to sell products on your Web site and secure paymentinformation from users? Or what if you seek to provide a search facility thatpermits a Web database to be explored? Dynamic resources of this sort areaccomplished through CGI (Common Gateway Interface) programming. CGI programs can take advantage of any resource available to the servercomputer to generate their output and can also accept input from the userthrough forms. These two basic capabilities have led to a wide variety ofapplications, such as forms processing, generation of inline images and movies,the formatting of data sets based on queries to a database, real-time updatesto Web pages, and more. CGI Programming in C and Perl shows you how to create theseinteractive, multimedia documents via CGI programming in two practicallanguages: C, which has distinct performance advantages, and Perl, one of themost popular for CGI today.Applications and source code are presented in both languages. You'll learn how to: *generate HTML pages and images on the fly *get CGI access on your ISP's site *ensure security for your CGI-activated site *parse form submissions directly *send e-mail via forms and CGI. 0201422190B04062001

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The simple, static hypertext documents that currently dominate the Web canconvey a great deal of information, but eventually their limitations becomeclear. What if you wish to provide dynamic data--information that changes overtime? What if you want to sell products on your Web site and secure paymentinformation from users? Or what if you seek to provide a search facility thatpermits a Web database to be explored? Dynamic resources of this sort areaccomplished through CGI (Common Gateway Interface) programming.

CGI programs can take advantage of any resource available to the servercomputer to generate their output and can also accept input from the userthrough forms. These two basic capabilities have led to a wide variety ofapplications, such as forms processing, generation of inline images and movies,the formatting of data sets based on queries to a database, real-time updatesto Web pages, and more.

CGI Programming in C and Perl shows you how to create theseinteractive, multimedia documents via CGI programming in two practicallanguages: C, which has distinct performance advantages, and Perl, one of themost popular for CGI today. Applications and source code are presented in both languages.

You'll learn how to:

  • generate HTML pages and images on the fly

  • get CGI access on your ISP's site

  • ensure security for your CGI-activated site

  • parse form submissions directly

  • send e-mail via forms and CGI.



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5.0 out of 5 stars No Nonsense, 8 Feb 1999
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The title makes it clear C and perl a required. This is a great no nonsense book and people should not expect it to teach C, Perl AND CGI. Much better than all my wasted time with QUE publications. A new edition would be appreciated!
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4.0 out of 5 stars a little out of date, but pretty good, 7 April 1999
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I'd written many complex CGI scripts using Perl before even buying this book, and the concepts in it are sound and well explained. My purpose for this book was to make the difficult transition from PERL-based CGI programming to C-based CGI, and this book definitely served the purpose well. My only two complaints are: 1) There aren't enough code examples per chapter (remember what I bought the book for), and 2) The material is woefully out of date. Still, I haven't seen anything better at CGI using C out there, and I've been looking for a long time.
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3.0 out of 5 stars This book needs to stop being reprinted, 30 Mar 1999
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The basic information and concepts are good but...

This book is seemingly out of date. It keeps referring to Netscape 1 for goodness sakes! The example pictures make it clear how outdated this book is. In such a fast changing environment, looking at these examples was a big turn off!

But I suppose the information is not completely outdated. There's not much to CGI, so I guess it doesn't really change. Still there are better books out there

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2.0 out of 5 stars It is ok, that is if you already know the stuff.
I know if you've read the reviews previous to this one, you should already know that you need to know C and Perl to read this book. But I am going to say it again. Read more
Published on 23 Mar 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book
This book is great. The code examples are in the book and on the CD-ROM. The author shows the examples in both C and in PERL printed in the book, which is more that I can say... Read more
Published on 30 Dec 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a good book.
I was new to CGI programming when I started to read this book. I finished it in a week and I have written several very complex CGI programs since then. Read more
Published on 25 Feb 1998

2.0 out of 5 stars A "No No," for first-timers
This book may be good if you are an experienced user of C, or Perl, but for someone like me, a new user, this book is way over your head. Read more
Published on 12 Oct 1997

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