Using Cgi

by Dwight, Jeffry; Erwin, Mike; Anthony, Tobin; Brands, Danny; Clark, Ron; Ellsworth, Mike; Geller, David; Grimes, Galen A.

• ISBN13: 9780789707406
• ISBN10: 0789707403
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-04-01
• Publisher: Que Pub

Summary

Providing background and information for World Wide Web development using CGI, this book clearly explains, in the text and in sample programs, the language and applications for CGI. Programmers familiar with HTML learn from rich information on using CGI to gather and process user input. It covers CGI techniques common to servers running on all platforms.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Introducing CGI	p. 9
Choosing Your CGI Tools	p. 25
Designing CGI Applications	p. 45
Understanding Basic CGI Elements	p. 69
Using HTML and CGI as a User Interface	p. 89
Examples of Simple CGI Scripts	p. 117
Customs Scripts for Forms Processing	p. 139
Modifying CGI Scripts	p. 173
How to Handle Custom Image Maps	p. 207
Using MIME with CGI	p. 231
Indexing a Web Site	p. 265
Using WAIS with CGI	p. 303
Custom Database Query Scripts	p. 323
Robots and Web Crawlers	p. 363
Generating HTML Documents in Real Time	p. 385
Using Server-Side Includes	p. 403
Person-to-Person Interaction	p. 439
Taking Advantage of Web-Based Audio	p. 457
Using Web-Based Video Cameras	p. 491
Tips and Techniques for Perl	p. 521
Tips and Techniques for Visual Basic	p. 555
Tips and Techniques for C and C++	p. 593
Tips and Techniques for Java	p. 611
Tips and Techniques for AppleScript	p. 635
Testing and Debugging CGI Scripts	p. 673
Error Handling in CGI	p. 707
Understanding CGI Security Issues	p. 729
Learning from the Pros	p. 761
What's on the CD?	p. 781
Commonly Used MIME Media Types	p. 783
Index	p. 797
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