At 13:34 -0600 3/5/07, Peter Bunn wrote:
>Would a given (single) CGI script be used to - say - process all forms on
>a given web page, or would individual form input trigger different CGI
>scripts?
>
>I'm (re-) posing for a certain Rodin sculpture.
Since you're a thinker folks should excuse us but we are getting off topic.
HTML forms have an ACTION verb in them which calls out a URI to which the form data will be either POSTed or GETed when the SUBMIT button is poked. That URI almost always points to a CGI script. Whether or not it's same for all forms on a page is up to you.
Yes, it's common to have a single CGI handler that runs an entire site but that's usually a way of gaining control such as login and remember state rather than the easiest way to do simple things.
As for AppleScripting a CGI handler. It's possible but your web server will have to run on a Mac. Perl and php will run on any UNIX-like box. O'Reilly is a good source of information that can probably be consumed while posing.
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