Mumia W. wrote:
> On 04/30/2007 11:03 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>>
>> I actually have the book as well ('Official Guide to Programming with
>> CGI.pm') and have practically torn it apart trying to find a way to do
>> what I want. I've tracked down and read a number of articles and forum
>> postings as well.
>>
>> I have a feeling that a hash can't be passed this way. Arrays and
>> strings are no problem, but I believe the CGI protocol does not allow
>> passing complex data structures like arrays of hashes, or hashes of
>> hashes.
>>
>
> You are correct that CGI does not allow you to pass HoH structures
> directly; however, you can use Storable.pm to convert a HoH into a
> string that can be made the value of a form element (after it's been
> HTML-encoded).
>
> Sessions are an even better idea for passing complex data between CGI
> programs written by the same author. Investigate the docs for
> CGI::Session and Apache::Session (if you're using Apache).
>
Ahh, thank you. I will check out both of those.
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